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Vitalik Buterin: Some L2 projects are not fully decentralized

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ME News, on May 16 (UTC+8), 2025—Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said during his EthCC speech on July 3, 2025 that many Layer 2 projects claiming to be built on-chain have backdoors that can be triggered at any time or lack sufficient decentralization. He believes that the architecture of these projects is hardly different from traditional centralized servers. He noted that if developers cannot ensure the project is thoroughly decentralized, it may be more practical to directly use centralized servers. (Source: MLion)
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LightsInTheMistyValley
· 4h ago
The L2 track is about to be reshuffled.
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PerpMoodSwing
· 12h ago
It is recommended that all L2 projects embed this speech into their DNA.
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RugWeather
· 13h ago
Are those decentralized projects now panicking?
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SentimentIndicatorCollecting
· 13h ago
Backdoor issues are more frightening than centralization, as they can freeze funds at any time.
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YieldBonsai
· 13h ago
Directly relying on centralized servers is actually more honest, this irony is full blast.
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Frost-ColoredCubeCity
· 13h ago
Vitalik's words are harsh, but they do hit many of the pain points of L2.
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GateUser-917390d5
· 13h ago
EthCC always delivers viral quotable moments every year
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DaoSidekick
· 13h ago
Someone finally dares to tell the truth.
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