ChainCatcher reported that Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, spoke at the TOKEN2049 main conference on the first day, delivering a keynote titled "What Excites Me About the Next Decade." During his speech, Buterin stated:

"People often say that crypto is still in its early stages, and we're still building infrastructure. It's true that things like the internet took a long time to materialize, and I think people have been saying this almost ever since Bitcoin was launched. However, the reality we face is that crypto is no longer in its early stages.

Ethereum, as a project, has been around for over 10 years, and in the 15 years since Bitcoin was born, we've seen things like ChatGPT emerge from nothing to suddenly revolutionizing our understanding of artificial intelligence.

Therefore, we must ask ourselves a question: how should we view all of this? Are we truly still in the early stages? My answer to this question is that I believe we are not in the early stages in the crypto space, but we are definitely in a special stage."