Vitalik Buterin的以太坊项目正在努力实现其早期诺言

以太坊的笨拙，嬉戏的创始人（以彩虹色，动物为主题的衬衫而闻名）创造了比特币的最大竞争对手

The founder of Ethereum is facing increasing pressure as the token price lags Bitcoin and its smaller competitors.

随着代币价格落后于比特币及其较小的竞争对手，以太坊的创始人正面临着越来越大的压力。

Vitalik Buterin, a coder who co-founded the cryptocurrency project in 2014, is viewed as one of the more even-keeled actors in the chaotic crypto industry. But after two turbulent years that saw Donald Trump intervene in the sector and launch his own memecoin, Buterin has become more agitated in public.

Vitalik Buterin是一名编码员，他于2014年共同创立了加密货币项目，被视为混乱的加密货币行业中最均匀的演员之一。但是，经过两年的动荡，唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）干预了该行业并推出了自己的纪念品，Buterin在公共场合变得更加激动。

In recent months, he’s lashed out at critics who say he isn’t doing enough to help Ether regain ground on Bitcoin, arguing that his work is being misinterpreted and that he’s focused on more pressing matters.

近几个月来，他对批评家们表示抨击，他们说他做得还不足以帮助以太币重新获得比特币的地面，并认为他的工作正在被误解，并且他专注于更紧迫的事情。

“If you ‘keep the pressure on,’ then you are creating an environment that is actively toxic to top talent,” Buterin said in response to one complaint about the Ethereum Foundation, which was created to help oversee the development of the software that underpins the digital token. “YOU ARE MAKING MY JOB HARDER.”

“如果您'保持压力'，那么您正在创造一个对顶级人才有毒的环境，”布特林回应了关于以太坊基金会的一个投诉，该基金会的创建是为了帮助监督支撑数字令牌的软件的开发。 “你正在使我的工作更加努力。”

The anger is a departure for Buterin, who is now 31, and it highlights the difficulties he’s facing as he tries to navigate the next chapter of Ethereum’s journey.

愤怒是现年31岁的布特林（Buterin）的出发，这突显了他试图驾驶以太坊旅程的下一章时所面临的困难。

The project, which began as a tech startup founded by Buterin and a small group of colleagues, has blossomed into a sprawling global community of developers, traders and academics. Along the way, it has captured the imaginations of both corporate America and Wall Street.

该项目最初是由布特林（Buterin）和一小部分同事创立的科技创业公司（Tech Startup），已经成立了一个庞大的开发人员，商人和学者的全球社区。一路上，它捕捉了美国和华尔街公司的想象力。

But after threatening to revolutionize both the financial system and our everyday digital lives, Ethereum is struggling to deliver on its early promise as it enters its second decade.

但是，在威胁要彻底改变金融体系和我们的日常数字生活之后，以太坊正在努力在进入第二个十年时努力实现其早期诺言。

The pressure on Buterin has spilled into the open as complaints about his leadership have become louder.

由于对他的领导层的抱怨变得更大，对Buterin的压力已涌入公开。

At the same time, the token on the network — Ether — has lagged both Bitcoin and its smaller competitors, slipping further in recent months as it faces increasing competition from new projects such as Solana, which is hosting many of the most popular memecoins.

同时，网络上的代币（以太币）都滞后比特币及其较小的竞争对手，最近几个月进一步滑行，因为它面临着诸如Solana之类的新项目的竞争，例如Solana，该项目主持了许多最受欢迎的纪念物。

Active developers working on Ethereum-related software fell about 17 percent last year, to 678, according to a December report by Electric Capital. By contrast, Solana was one of the top ecosystems for new developers in 2024, with 83 percent year-over-year growth.

根据Electric Capital的12月份报告，从事以太坊软件的活跃开发人员去年下降了约17％，至678。相比之下，索拉纳（Solana）是2024年新开发商的顶级生态系统之一，同比增长83％。

Among the top 20 blockchains, Solana ranked fourth for active developers last year, while Ethereum was ninth.

在前20名区块链中，索拉纳去年在活跃开发商中排名第四，而以太坊排名第九。

Meanwhile, Standard Chartered analysts slashed their year-end forecast for Ether by 60 percent in a report this month, saying its dominance has been waning for some time due to “something of an identity crisis.” They now expect Ether to reach $1,000 by the end of the year, down from a prior prediction of $2,500.

同时，标准特许分析师在本月的一份报告中将Ether的年底预测削减了60％，称其主导地位一直在一段时间内衰落，这是由于“某些身份危机”。他们现在预计，到年底，以太币将达到1,000美元，低于先前预测2500美元。

At the end of a conference in San Francisco this month, Buterin recognized the unrealized promises but pushed back against the people expecting swift change.

在本月在旧金山举行的会议结束时，布特林认识到未实现的诺言，但反对预计迅速变化的人们。

“The only thing that can move Ethereum forward at this point is things that give long term value in a way where you can clearly see that the value is coming from a thing that is actually sustainable — like actual use for people,” he said.

他说：“此时，唯一可以向以太坊推动以太坊的东西是以一种可以清楚地看到价值的方式赋予长期价值的事物，即实际上是可持续的东西，例如对人们的实际用途。”

Buterin, who grew up in Russia and then Canada, wrote the Ethereum white paper in 2014, not long after dropping out of college, with the goal of improving on what he saw as the shortcomings of Bitcoin. He hoped to create what he referred to as a shared global computer outside the control of any company or government.

在俄罗斯和加拿大长大的布特林（Buterin）在2014年撰写了《以太坊白皮书》（Ethereum White Paper），不久之后就辍学了，目的是改善他认为比特币的缺点。他希望在任何公司或政府的控制之外创建他称为共享的全球计算机。

The ledger, or blockchain, underpinning Ethereum, was designed so that it could handle digital contracts and serve as the infrastructure for a host of decentralized digital applications. Investors bought into that vision and Ether skyrocketed during the crypto booms of 2017 and 2021, as developers built thousands of applications on top of the blockchain, ranging from silly cat games to more wonky prediction markets and lending programs.

账本或区块链是基于以太坊的基础，以便它可以处理数字合同并作为许多分散数字应用程序的基础架构。在2017年和2021年的加密动臂期间，投资者购买了这一愿景，以太币猛增，因为开发人员在区块链上构建了数千份应用程序，从愚蠢的猫游戏到更糟糕的预测市场和贷款计划。

Ethereum also drew a following because of Buterin’s idealistic, often gnomic pronouncements, and his methodical oversight of the software and network. While it was a hotbed for rampant speculation, Buterin himself showed little interest in material wealth and lived out of a backpack despite owning a stash of Ether tokens that has grown to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

由于Buterin的理想主义（通常是GNOMIC的声明）以及他对软件和网络的有条不紊的监督，以太坊还引起了人们的关注。尽管这是一个猖ramp的猜测的温床，但布特林本人对物质财富的兴趣不大，尽管拥有一大堆以太币的代币，但它却越来越多，价值数亿美元。

His monkish identity has been less of a good fit in the new environment ushered in by the president. After Trump embraced crypto and pushed the government to begin holding tokens, the leaders of many projects rushed to donate and otherwise show support for Trump, with many attending the inauguration and posing for photos with the president.

他的僧侣身份不太适合总统迎来的新环境。在特朗普接受加密货币并敦促政府开始持有令牌之后，许多项目的领导人急于捐款，否则对特朗普表示支持，许多人参加了就职典礼，并与总统合影。

Buterin, in contrast has kept a studied distance.

相比之下，Buterin保持了研究的距离。

Just after the inauguration he said on social media that he had no interest in making some sort of “vibez pivot” to what he referred to as the “bronze aged mindset” — the hypermasculine philosophy that has become popular with both crypto enthusiasts and the Trump crowd.

就在就职典礼后，他在社交媒体上说，他对使他所说的“青铜老化的心态”的“ vibez Pivot”不感兴趣 - 这是高玛利亚的哲学，在加密热恋者和特朗普人群中都很受欢迎。

The clash became most apparent after

冲突变得最明显