Vitalik Buterin’s Surprising Ethereum Warning: Stage 2 Isn’t Enough?! 🍿🤯

  • Ah! Master Buterin, never one to dine on mere breadcrumbs, beseeches the valiant rollups to reach for proof systems of Herculean strength, not the minimums of Stage 2. 🎭
  • The diviners of the market, armed with options and perhaps a touch too much optimism, foretell: ETH at the grand stage of $2.2K come June! 🥳

What news, dear friends, from the ever-shifting stage of Ethereum [ETH]! The curtain rises in 2025, and, by the beard of Satoshi, the cast and script have changed. Enter our protagonist: Vitalik Buterin, whom some say is half philosopher, half code conjurer. 🌟

His refrain: resilience and decentralization, a duet sung at both the hallowed halls of Layer 1 and the bustling balcony of Layer 2. Forsooth, this was no mere Monday! Nay, Buterin did declaim to all assembled rollups:

“A good reminder that stage 2 is not the only thing that matters for security: the quality of the underlying proof system matters too.”

For those pondering, “Stage? What stage?”—fear not! From stage 0’s humble beginnings to grand stage 2 (where decentralization waltzes with security), the drama unfolds. But mark ye well: ’tis not the title, but the proof system, that shields these rollups from the villainy of off-chain malfeasance. 🦹‍♂️

The Buterin Prescription 📜

See for yourself, gentle reader, for he brings us charts as proof, lest anyone accuse him of hand-waving. The path from stage 0 to stage 2 is not for the faint-hearted. ’Tis a journey fraught with battles—one does not simply stroll into Stage 2 without fortifications mightier than a Parisian citadel.

L2 Beat, that all-seeing oracle of rollup affairs, counted but three Stage 2 rollups by May 2025. The rest—seven, including the noble Base, the enigmatic Unichain, and the dashing Arbitrum—remain mere Stage 1 upstarts. “Decentralized!” they declare. But under Buterin’s magnifying monocle? Risks abound if proof systems remain but untested kitchen knives in a world of broadswords. 🍰⚔️

Meanwhile, Amberdata—predictor, soothsayer, or just someone with a really complicated spreadsheet—proclaims: Ethereum shall ascend to $2,200… should the stars align, the call options be bought, and the blockchains behave. These call options, some say, are either wisdom or wishful thinking—May and June strike prices, and a prayer for bulls.

Even the ETH/BTC ratio is rumored to be plotting a comeback, perhaps after a hearty nap:

“There’s potential for a snap-back rally in the ETH/BTC ratio and ETH could easily relief rally above $2,200 in the medium term as risk-assets rebound everywhere.”

An encore on the price chart: Lo—$1,800! Once a ceiling, now hopes to be a floor; flip it, they say, and the way is paved to $2,000 or even $2,200 (February’s old stomping ground). Daily RSI—the ever-dramatic mood ring of markets—shows buyers awakening since April’s ides.

Yet, among whales, the audience is silent—the red bars murmur, not cheer. Should our aquatic aristocrats (those infamous crypto whales) turn green with envy for ETH, the next act might just bring the ovation bulls crave. Until then, the players remain on stage, and the audience (that’s us, dear reader) waits for the next twist in this exquisite farce. 🎭🐋

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2025-05-05 19:11