Vitalik has released a new article titled "Possible futures for the Ethereum protocol, part 2: The Surge" outlining the following key goals:

- Achieving 100,000+ TPS on L1+L2;

- Maintaining decentralization and robustness on L1;

- Ensuring that at least some L2 fully inherit Ethereum's core properties (trustlessness, openness, and resistance to censorship);

- Maximizing interoperability between L2s. Ethereum should function like an ecosystem, not 34 different blockchains.

The article states that the current task is to complete the rollup-centric roadmap and address related issues while maintaining the robustness and decentralization of Ethereum L1.