Ethereum must pass 'walkaway test' to endure for 100 years: Buterin

Quantum resistance, scalable architecture, and a better block-building model that resists centralization pressures are needed if Ethereum is to pass the test of time.

Ethereum needs to get to a point where its value proposition remains even if developers stop active work on the protocol, according to its co-founder Vitalik Buterin.

“We must get to a place where Ethereum's value proposition does not strictly depend on any features that are not in the protocol already,” said Buterin in a post to X on Monday.

He said Ethereum protocols should aspire to be like hammers: once purchased, they remain usable, unlike services that lose functionality when a vendor walks away.

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