Vitalik: Improving protocol understandability is a key direction for trustlessness; Ethereum needs to further simplify its design.

According to Odaily Odaily, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated that an important but long-underestimated form of "trustlessness" is to ensure that as many people as possible can truly understand how the entire protocol works from beginning to end. If only a very small number of people have a complete understanding, the system still carries a hidden risk of centralized trust.

Vitalik pointed out that Ethereum still has room for improvement in this regard, and in the future, it needs to improve overall understandability by simplifying protocol design and reducing system complexity. This will not only help expand the population that can participate in and audit the protocol, but will also enhance the transparency, security, and long-term resilience of the Ethereum ecosystem.