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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has moved entirely off cloud AI services and detailed his fully local, sandboxed artificial intelligence (AI) setup in a blog post published this week. Key Takeaways: Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin abandoned cloud AI in April 2026, running Qwen3.5:35B locally on an Nvidia 5090 laptop at 90 tokens per second. Buterin found … Read more
Ethereum is preparing to overhaul how wallets work, with co-founder Vitalik Buterin saying native “smart accounts” could arrive within a year through the network’s planned Hegota upgrade. Hegota Upgrade May Bring Account Abstraction In a Feb. 28 post on X, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said that after more than a decade of research, Ethereum’s long-running … Read more
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin outlined an ambitious, years-long plan to make the Ethereum base layer faster, leaner, and eventually quantum-resistant, starting with shorter slot times and near-instant finality. Ethereum’s 2029 Vision: Fast Slots, Fast Finality and STARK-Friendly Hashes In a detailed post on X, Vitalik Buterin walked through what he called a “very important document,” … Read more
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has been trimming his ethereum holdings, at least according to onchain data flagged by the X account Lookonchain. The chatter arrives as ether briefly slipped beneath the $2,000 threshold earlier this morning before regaining its footing by the afternoon. Vitalik Buterin’s ETH Transfers Raise Questions, Data Stops Short of Full Confirmation … Read more
Developers have slated FOCIL, a censorship-resistance proposal, as the centerpiece of Ethereum’s Hegota upgrade in late 2026. Vitalik Buterin says the change will guarantee the rapid inclusion of valid transactions, though critics warn of validator risks. Censorship Resistant Proposal Scheduled for Ethereum’s Hegota Upgrade Ethereum is preparing for one of its most ideologically charged upgrades … Read more
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin criticized the current direction of prediction markets, warning that an increasing focus on short-term bets risks distorting incentives and encouraging harmful behavior. Buterin Questions Short-Term Betting Culture in Crypto Markets In a recent post published to X, Buterin said prediction markets have reached sufficient scale to support professional traders and contribute … Read more
Vitalik Buterin has shared a pragmatic vision for how Ethereum and artificial intelligence (AI) could converge, focusing on privacy, trust, and more efficient markets without sidelining human decision-making. Ethereum Can Serve as a Trust Layer for AI Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has outlined a new vision for how artificial intelligence could integrate with Ethereum, emphasizing … Read more
Vitalik Buterin is openly challenging long-held assumptions about Ethereum’s layer-two ( L2) strategy, arguing that the original vision for L2s no longer fits a network where the base layer itself is scaling rapidly. Vitalik Buterin Calls for Specialized Appchains Over Generic L2s In a recent X post, Vitalik Buterin argued that two developments have quietly … Read more
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is calling for a new generation of decentralized autonomous organizations ( DAOs) that move beyond token-holder voting, arguing that today’s dominant DAO model is inefficient, fragile, and prone to political capture. Buterin Pushes for Smarter DAOs That Move Past Simple Token Voting Buterin laid out his critique in a detailed post … Read more
Ethereum co‑founder Vitalik Buterin says the latest upgrades give the blockchain high‑bandwidth, consensus‑driven performance. Vitalik Buterin announced that zero‑knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machines have reached production‑quality performance and that PeerDAS data‑availability sampling is live on mainnet, combining to give Ethereum decentralized consensus and high bandwidth. He contrasted this with earlier peer‑to‑peer models such as Bittorrent’s bandwidth‑heavy, consensus‑free design … Read more