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10 Years In, Is Ethereum Headed In The Right Direction?

10 Years In, Is Ethereum Headed In The Right Direction?

We do our best to answer this in a new Edge Podcast

DeFi Dad & Nomatic
September 03, 2025

Ethereum isn’t just a decade-old experiment anymore. It is considered the world’s most trustless, reliable, decentralized world ledger, having survived 16 major network upgrades without skipping a block.

According to a new report commemorating Ethereum’s 10-year anniversary called Building The World Ledger, the team behind the Ethereum analytics tool growthepie sees Ethereum not only as the backbone of the DeFi evolution but also the default trusted smart contract platform for Wall Street to tokenize trillions in stablecoins and other real-world assets.

After 10 years, Ethereum's vision is clearer than ever. 👓
It's not about being the world's fastest computer. It's about becoming the world's most trusted and reliable ledger.
Our new, 45-page research report, in collab with @OnchainHQ, explores how we got here and where we are
— growthepie 🥧📏 (@growthepie_eth)
1:30 PM • Aug 12, 2025

In a new episode of The Edge Podcast, we unpack how Ethereum managed to scale through landmark upgrades such as The Merge or Dencun, and how Layer 2 networks continue to scale Ethereum to offer users and builders better speed and cost to transact. We also dive into the surprising economics behind L2s like Celo choosing to become an Ethereum L2, saving 99.8% on security costs vs running as an L1. Matze and Lorenz are able to translate what’s next in the Ethereum roadmap, including how soon Ethereum Mainnet could achieve 10k transactions per second.

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