The decentralization reform of underlying blockchain infrastructure has moved from the theoretical stage to practical implementation, and recent progress is quite evident.

The most direct indicator is the increased diversity of Ethereum clients. At the beginning of the year, client diversity was around 70%, and now it has risen to 85%. More interestingly, Nethermind and Erigon together account for 45% of the market share, indicating that the market is breaking the previous monopoly pattern. This kind of decentralization is actually a long-term benefit for network stability—eliminating single points of failure.

Solana's performance should not be underestimated either. The number of validators has doubled from 1,700 to 3,200. More importantly, the geographic distribution of these new validators is more balanced, no longer concentrated in a few regions. What does this mean? The network is truly becoming more decentralized, with stronger resistance to censorship.

Changes among infrastructure service providers best illustrate the point. Infura and Alchemy once held 85% of the RPC layer market share, but now it has dropped to 68%. The remaining 17% is being eaten up by emerging service providers like QuickNode and Chainstack, which are growing quite rapidly. This trend indicates that the entire industry is actively moving toward decentralization—not passively, but with participants actively engaging in this reform.

From these perspectives, the construction of decentralized infrastructure has entered a substantive stage. Whether at the consensus layer, execution layer, or data service layer, development is heading toward greater decentralization and resilience. This is a positive sign for the long-term healthy development of Web3.