Vitalik Buterin says he will not let Ethereum fade away

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has pushed back against the idea that the existing blockchain should be left to slowly fade away in favor of building an entirely new network from scratch, stating he will not let that happen. Writing on X, he said there is an ambitious plan to rebuild the network from within through radical upgrades. Buterin believes this goal can be achieved within the next five years, adding that AI-powered coding and verification could potentially shorten the timeline significantly.