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Vitalik Buterin Outlines Ethereum’s 2030 Vision, Says Hegotá May Be Last Regular Fork

Sep 27, 2026 11:05 ET · 8h ago · 3

TREE NEWS update: Vitalik Buterin published a vision for Ethereum in 2030, describing a network that combines blockchain, cryptographic proofs and off-chain computer networks to boost throughput and let users verify independently. Computers could generate short mathematical proofs after processing transactions, letting others verify results without redoing the full computation, while different machines handle tasks in parallel. Buterin said next year’s Hegotá upgrade is expected to be Ethereum’s last regular fork, with later upgrades relying mainly on mathematical proofs, code verification tools and quantum-resistant security.

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Buterin's framing matters less as a roadmap than as a shift in how Ethereum upgrades itself: retiring the regular fork as the default coordination mechanism moves change toward proof-based verification and tooling, which changes who can meaningfully participate in steering the protocol. The quantum-resistant and parallel-computation pieces signal that long-horizon risk, not near-term scaling, is driving the design. Whether the fork cadence actually ends after Hegotá, and whether proof-based upgrades prove as legible to the wider ecosystem as hard forks were, is the open question.

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