Buterin outlines technical goals for a self-sufficient Ethereum

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has outlined the technical conditions necessary for the network to achieve long-term self-sufficiency without its core developers, The Block reported. These conditions include quantum resistance, scalability based on ZK-EVMs and PeerDAS, a long-term management system based on statelessness, a fully abstract account model, a fee structure designed to defend against DoS attacks, a sustainable Proof-of-Stake (PoS) structure, and a censorship-resistant block production mechanism. Buterin emphasized that quantum resistance, in particular, should not be delayed for efficiency, stating that the protocol must provide confidence in its cryptographic security for 100 years. He added that Ethereum needs to enter a stable phase of no structural changes, at which point it could operate securely without its core development team.