Techub News reports that Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published an article titled "Simplifying L1," proposing the goal of making Ethereum as simple as Bitcoin in 5 years by simplifying the consensus layer, execution layer, and shared protocol components. Vitalik stated that maintaining the simplicity of the protocol can bring many benefits, and these benefits are key to Bitcoin or Ethereum becoming a trusted neutral and global trust foundation layer. However, historically, Ethereum has often failed to achieve this, leading to excessive development spending, various security risks, and an isolated research and development culture.