Vitalik: The two ways of thinking that ETH is closer to the existence of BTC or the existence of a world computer are compatible with each other

Vitalik Buterin responded to the question of “should today’s ETH workshop be closer to the existence of BTC or the existence of the world computer”, saying: "I think these two ways of thinking are compatible with each other. If you need to distinguish which blockchains are “truly decentralized,” you can use a simple test: if its foundation disappears, can the chain survive? I have a feeling that only BTC and Ethereum can answer very clearly: of course. Most of the development of Ethereum is outside the foundation, the client teams have independent business models, and now many researchers are not in the foundation. Besides devcon, almost all activities are independent. Reaching this stage is difficult. 5 years ago ETH was not like this. Giving up these advantages in pursuit of TPS is a big mistake, as there will always be new chains coming out with suddenly higher TPS than yours. But decentralization and resilience are precious, which few blockchains have. These features are conducive to creating a digital currency with long-term value, and also beneficial for a good world computer. However, the world computer also needs to solve the scalability issue. The concept of a ‘world computer’ does not mean ‘a computer that can simultaneously support every application in the world’, but rather ‘applications in the world can interact with each other’.