Vitalik outlines Ethereum's next 4 years, targeting scalability and quantum security

Ethereum (ETH) founder Vitalik Buterin outlined a four-year roadmap for the network at the Hong Kong Web3 Festival, highlighting enhanced scalability and quantum security as key goals, PA News reported. Short-term tasks include raising the gas limit to improve scalability, extending the EVM with Zero-Knowledge proofs (CKEVM), and supporting smart contract wallets and quantum-resistant signatures via account abstraction. Buterin added that by 2028, the plan is to reduce transaction finality time to between 10 and 20 seconds and introduce zkVM technology, which would allow even low-spec devices to verify the chain directly. He stressed that Ethereum's fundamental goal is to be the world's most secure and decentralized blockchain, rather than competing on speed with high-frequency trading platforms.