Buterin says AI could sharply accelerate Ethereum roadmap completion

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin said AI could help complete Ethereum’s remaining roadmap far faster than previously expected, according to an interview with Indian business and finance outlet Moneycontrol. Buterin identified active use of zero-knowledge proofs and AI-based formal verification as key goals of the “Lean Ethereum” upgrade planned over the coming years. He said the remaining roadmap workload would have taken 20 years based on conditions five years ago, but AI can significantly speed up development and help verify the safety of code and algorithms being written. He added Lean Ethereum aims to strengthen the network’s performance, decentralization and security at the same time.