Wu Blockchain reports that Vitalik Buterin has posted that he no longer agrees with his 2017 view on 'only recording transactions without submitting state.' The main reason is the maturity of zero-knowledge technologies like ZK-SNARKs, which allow users to verify the correctness of on-chain states without replaying the entire transaction history, thereby reducing trust assumptions without sacrificing usability. Vitalik also emphasized that in the real world, networks, nodes, service providers, and consensus mechanisms can fail, so blockchains must always retain the fallback of 'independent verification and direct usability of the chain itself.' This capability may not be needed daily but is crucial in extreme situations and serves as an important counterbalance to intermediaries and centralization. He likened it to a 'mountain cabin': not everyone needs to live there long-term, but it must always be well-maintained as the foundation for Ethereum's long-term self-sovereignty and anti-fragility. https://www.(wublock123.com)/index.php?m=content&c=index&a=show&catid=6&id=55671