Ethereum Founder Vitalik posted on social media that DeFi is a vital component of Ethereum’s core values (Ethereum). Financial empowerment is a key dimension of autonomy and freedom in today’s world; while finance is far from the only use of Ethereum (Ethereum), it is crucial. Today’s DeFi has opened up the world’s best savings, risk management, and wealth creation opportunities to the world in a permissionless way. Ethereum The Foundation needs to continue building upon this foundation. Ethereum The greatness of the early DeFi era lay in its boldness to dream, innovate, and create an entirely new paradigm.Future DeFi will reclaim this spirit—moving beyond merely “building a better stablecoin” to delve deeper into underlying issues and propose superior solutions. Ethereum The Foundation’s support for “on-chain finance” and “DeFi” is not indiscriminate.We have a clear vision for DeFi: a global financial system that is permissionless, open-source, privacy-first, and security-first—maximizing user control over their own assets, minimizing centralized bottlenecks and trusted third parties, and democratizing risk management and wealth accumulation.The Foundation hopes that protocols can pass the “exit test”: even if the founding team suddenly disappears, the system can continue to operate. Achieving this vision requires a great deal of work.