Ethereum's development path has been somewhat bumpy. Vitalik recently reflected on his original intentions in 2014, admitting that over the past few years, the initial vision of decentralization has indeed been diluted—various narrative hotspots and conceptual themes have taken turns, overshadowing focus on core issues. From DeFi to NFTs and now to AI narratives, projects and capital are chasing the trends, but fundamentally, it still comes down to whether blockchain can truly achieve decentralization. He seems to be saying that this wave of decentralization revival is about to arrive.