Vitalik Calls for a Return to Ethereum’s Original Vision
Vitalik Buterin has released a manifesto calling for a return to the original 2014 Ethereum dream — an internet without corporations, where users own their data, chats, files, and documents, free from surveillance, censorship, or subscriptions.
What once felt slow and impractical is now achievable. By 2026, Ethereum is faster and cheaper, decentralized chats run on Waku, and files are stored via IPFS.
Vitalik says he personally uses Fileverse, a decentralized alternative to Google Docs, where everything is end-to-end encrypted. Even if the service disappears, documents remain on the network and can still be edited through open-source tools.
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Vitalik Calls for a Return to Ethereum’s Original Vision
Vitalik Buterin has released a manifesto calling for a return to the original 2014 Ethereum dream — an internet without corporations, where users own their data, chats, files, and documents, free from surveillance, censorship, or subscriptions.
What once felt slow and impractical is now achievable. By 2026, Ethereum is faster and cheaper, decentralized chats run on Waku, and files are stored via IPFS.
Vitalik says he personally uses Fileverse, a decentralized alternative to Google Docs, where everything is end-to-end encrypted. Even if the service disappears, documents remain on the network and can still be edited through open-source tools.