Vitalik's keynote this week emphasized Ethereum L1 scaling. Back to L1 Scaling. I loved it. With L2s innovating on their own and blobspace now expanded on a predictable schedule, a refocus on the L1 is exactly what we need. A few quotes from Vitalik's keynote. Scaling L1 in 2026: "In 2026, we will have a series of EIPs that will enable the Ethereum network to safely handle larger scales while maintaining decentralization and the ability to run regular nodes." He's talking about PBS and block-level access (BAL) targeted for the next Ethereum upgrade. This in combination with engineer improvements to clients may get us to 3x-4x TPS increase next year. Censorship Resistance in 2026/2027: "FOCIL...provides stronger guarantees, ensuring your transactions can be packaged quickly." After FOCIL, Ethereum will have the strongest censorship resistance of any digital financial system we've ever created. Far stronger than Bitcoin. ZK-EVM will 5-10x # of nodes (starting 2026) "I believe that in the next one to two years, despite the expansion of Ethereum's scale, the number of people actually able to run full nodes will increase significantly." The difference between a blockchain and a centralized database - do users have the ability to run a node. Bitcoin has 25k nodes. Ethereum has 15k. Every other chain has much less than 1,000 nodes - and shrinking. L1 ZkEVM will allow individuals to run nodes, stake, and verify the chain from an iPhone. Creating the possibility for hundreds of thousands Ethereum nodes. Lean Ethereum (2027-2030) "We are basically learning from all the lessons of the past five years and really introducing the technologies that have only become truly possible and available in the past five years." Ethereum is upgrading its entire stack with 2nd generation cryptography (SNARKs). @drakefjustin's roadmap will scale Ethereum L1 to 10k TPS and beyond. Additionally - this upgrade will make Ethereum fully quantum secure possibly by 2030. With a Q date projected as early as 2028-2032, Ethereum will be prepared in a way Bitcoin won't. All ETH will be quantum secure whereas 3-4m BTC won't be. Back to L1 Ethereum mainnet - the L1 is the heart of low risk DeFi, the source of ETH an emerging global reserve asset, and the root of trust for all L2 economies and tens of trillions in future token value. We now have the tech and roadmap to deliver. Ethereum = world ledger ETH = world reserve asset(RYAN SΞAN ADAMS - rsa.eth 🦄)