Vitalik Buterin: Overcomplexity is eroding the "trustless" foundation of blockchain.

According to Mars Finance, on December 18th, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated that the Ethereum blockchain needs to better explain its features to users to achieve true "trustlessness," a common challenge faced by all blockchain protocols. "Trustlessness" means that the protocol requires no developer oversight and executes rules automatically through code. However, if the protocol is too complex, allowing only a few people to participate in its operation, then in practice, others still have to trust this group. Ethereum itself already possesses trustlessness because transactions and smart contracts are executed by open-source code and a decentralized validator network. But in a tweet on X on Wednesday, Buterin pointed out that the network still needs to improve user understanding. "An important but underestimated form of trustlessness is increasing the number of people who can truly understand the entire protocol from top to bottom. Ethereum needs to do better in this regard by simplifying the protocol." When asked about the practicality of this idea in balancing technical features and user understanding, Buterin said, "We should be willing to reduce some features at certain times."