Vitalik: Planning to create an Ethereum that adheres to cyberpunk principles and is "not ugly," with future potential for system-level language migration

ZkProver · 2026-02-24T01:01:42+00:00

Vitalik Buterin announced on the X platform that he plans to build an extension layer on the existing Ethereum system that follows cyberpunk principles, emphasizing censorship resistance and simplicity, and will achieve high interoperability with the current system. In the next five years, there may be migrations of smart contracts and multiple system-level transformations.

ZkProver

2026-02-24 01:01:42

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ChainCatcher News, Vitalik Buterin posted on X stating that he is attempting to promote a more ambitious plan: to build an “Ethereum that follows cyberpunk principles and is not ugly” layer on top of the existing system, and to achieve as close integration and high interoperability with the current ecosystem as possible.

This plan will develop gradually while ensuring that Ethereum itself adopts the necessary system-level features of cyberpunk and simplicity, including resistance to censorship, ZK-proof friendliness, and consensus layer properties.

Vitalik Buterin further stated that within the next five years (or even faster with accelerated AI coding and formal verification), an open pathway may be established to allow existing systems to migrate to smart contracts written in a new system language when needed.

Ethereum has previously completed major upgrades similar to “airborne engine replacements” during operation—such as “The Merge”—and still has the capacity for about four more system-level transformations of similar scale in the future, including state tree optimization, streamlined consensus, ZK-EVM verification, and virtual machine layer changes.

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