in my opinion, whatever vital plan this time, it looks like it will fail and must let Ripple take a position for now, judging from his previous attitude, Vitalik prefers to let the market flow like this, not fight the flow let alone try Ethereum recovery in 2019, it seems this is not possible. On the contrary, Ripple continues to provide positive value going forward which certainly makes it possible to have a chance to stay in this position much longer