Vitalik aims to replace EVM with RISC-V

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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed replacing the EVM with the RISC-V architecture to improve execution layer efficiency, scalability, and zero-knowledge proving performance while preserving backward compatibility.

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Apr 20, 2025 - 12:00am

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Vitalik Buterin

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Vitalik Buterin & Ethereum

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