維塔利克·布特林表示，以太坊基金會（EF）未來將轉型為**規模更精簡、堅持長期主義、職責定位更清晰**的組織，不再扮演以太坊生態的「中心角色」，專注於抗審查、開放性、隱私保護及資安等核心領域。

維塔利克認為，以太坊不應單純追求交易處理速度（TPS）與低延遲，而是要在共識機制安全性、形式化驗證、降低對中介機構依賴等層面建立差異化優勢。他也透露，自身約九成淨資產仍為以太幣（ETH），其餘價值約4000萬美元的鏈上法幣資金，已全數投入開源研究與技術專案。

此外，維塔利克提到，現階段智能合約錢包與隱私協議過度依賴第三方中繼節點，因此團隊正推動FOCIL、EIP-8141、EIP-7701等提案，藉此重構公開交易記憶池，實現交易點對點直接上鏈。

Vitalik Buterin stated that the Ethereum Foundation (EF) will transform into a smaller, more long-term oriented and clearly positioned organization. It will no longer act as the 'hub' of the Ethereum ecosystem, but focus on core areas including censorship resistance, openness, privacy and security.

Vitalik believes Ethereum should not merely pursue higher TPS and lower latency. Instead, it needs to build differentiated advantages in consensus security, formal verification and reduced reliance on intermediaries. He also revealed that around 90% of his net worth is still held in ETH, and the remaining on-chain fiat funds worth approximately 40 million US dollars have been fully invested in open-source research and technical projects.

Furthermore, Vitalik pointed out that current smart contract wallets and privacy protocols rely excessively on third-party relay nodes. For this reason, proposals such as FOCIL, EIP-8141 and EIP-7701 are being advanced to restructure the public transaction mempool and enable peer-to-peer on-chain transactions.