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Ethereum may finally kill “trust me” wallets in 2026, and Vitalik says the fix is already shipping

January 18, 2026

Ethereum may finally kill “trust me” wallets in 2026, and Vitalik says the fix is already shippingHelios-verified RPC and the EF’s Kohaku aim to make local verification the default, not an optional power-user hack. Gino Matos Jan. 18, 2026 at 8:55 pm UTC 6 min read Updated: Jan.

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18, 2026 at 12:02 pm UTC Share Cover art/illustration via CryptoSlate.
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Vitalik Buterin framed 2026 as the year Ethereum reverses a decade of convenience-first compromises.
His thesis: the protocol stayed trustless, but the defaults drifted.
Wallets outsourced verification to centralized RPCs. Decentralized applications became server-dependent behemoths that leak user data to dozens of endpoints.

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Ethereum may finally kill “trust me” wallets in 2026, and Vitalik says the fix is already shipping

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Ethereum may finally kill “trust me” wallets in 2026, and Vitalik says the fix is already shipping

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