Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin(Vitalik Buterin) urges the community to shift focus from mimicking the "glamour" of big tech companies to building "sanctuary technologies" capable of countering global authoritarianism and corporate overreach. He expressed disappointment with Ethereum's limited role in improving people's lives, especially regarding issues like surveillance and social media manipulation, and therefore opposes restricting cryptocurrencies solely to decentralized finance. Buterin acknowledges that Ethereum cannot drive global change on its own, but advocates for Ethereum to serve as a defensive barrier within a broader, liberating technological ecosystem.