Vitalik Buterin warns that Ethereum's plan is now a burden unless the network does this one thing immediately.

Ethereum strives for Bitcoin-like stability by minimizing protocol risk through strategic structural ossification. Vitalik Buterin, argues that the most valuable upgrade for the world's second largest blockchain could be learning how to stop the upgrade. Last November, Buterin reportedly argued that locking down parts of the base layer could reduce errors and reduce the likelihood of "surprises" for a network that secures hundreds of billions of dollars in value. This month, he sharpened the same message with a new framework: Ethereum, he argued, should be able to continue working securely and usefully even if the people who maintain it disappear.