A Cointelegraph documentary (uploaded July 31, 2025) exploring tensions within the Ethereum community gathered at ETHCC. Interviewees debate whether Ethereum remains more than a token, the rising centrality of ETH’s price, accountability of influential figures, and whether Ethereum’s ethos can recover amid criticism and talent shifts.
Ethereum was never just a token. But now the price of ETH has become an existential issue. What happens when the community starts questioning its own foundation?
Vitalik is a great guy, don't get me wrong. He's changed the entire world and we owe everything to him. But we need to hold people accountable because it's much larger than an individual now. This is a community, it's a movement.
Cointelegraph traveled to ETHCC to uncover the truth behind this conflict.
I would like to immediately accept there's realization that there is a new generation and something suddenly have to accelerate.
We shouldn't be afraid to say the P word. It's not vulgar at all. Excuse my French, but I like when the price go up.
It matters for so many different reasons. Whether it's community building or security, it matters.
We are focusing on the future. So the last six months, obviously the beginning of the year, a bit bumpy with a lot of criticism, but I think the changes were already happening.
How do they justify that? A lot of those decisions are being made behind closed doors, in a black box, in a very opaque man. And it's kind of putting core developers out on their ass and driving really, really great talent out of this space. And it's bleeding into Solana.
Can Ethereum's ethos spark a comeback?
