Vitalik Buterin identified post-quantum security, base-layer ossification, and strict limits on in-protocol rewards as technical requirements for Ether to function as a store of value

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Following Vitalik Buterin's statement on November 8, 2026, Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko publicly agreed, stating that a blockchain protocol cannot treat transaction fees as its primary product

Vitalik Buterin defined Ethereum's core priorities using the acronym CROPS, standing for censorship and capture resistance, open source, privacy, and security

Vitalik Buterin stated on November 8, 2026, that optimizing Ethereum to capture fee burns would mandate interventionist governance, undermining the network's decentralization and capture resistance

Vitalik Buterin stated on November 8, 2026, that issuing native real-world assets on Ethereum strengthens Ether's store-of-value thesis by enhancing its utility as financial collateral

In a post on X on November 8, 2026, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin argued that Ether should be valued primarily as a store of value rather than a fee-burning token

Vitalik Buterin argued on November 8, 2026, that fee burns between 2021 and 2023 were driven by internal crypto speculation rather than external backing, failing to establish a true valuation floor

Vitalik Buterin stated on November 8, 2026, that the EIP-1559 fee-burning mechanism should remain active even if fee burns indefinitely cover less than 10% of new issuance breakeven levels

Network metrics reported on November 8, 2026, showed that EIP-1559 fee burns covered approximately 2.07% of new Ether issuance, leading to net supply growth

Ethereum network data recorded approximately 1.48 million ETH burned in 2022, compared to roughly 19,200 ETH burned in 2026 through November 8

Vitalik Buterin estimated on November 8, 2026, that funding Ethereum's $270 billion market capitalization through protocol fees would require 700,000 ETH annually, cutting validator revenues by two-thirds

The planned October 26, 2026 activation of the Hoodi testnet with a 200 million gas-limit increase was postponed on October 22, 2026 pending resolution of security and gas accounting issues

On November 6, 2026, Ethereum Foundation developer Marius van der Wijden published an appeal asking application developers and auditors to evaluate eight gas invariants and report repair options for affected smart contracts

EIP-8037 raises gas costs for creating persistent state data, causing immutable smart contracts with fixed gas budgets or gas introspection checks to run out of gas and potentially lock user funds permanently

Proposed INV-8 rules for EIP-7702 delegation mean pre-execution gas failures can roll back nonce updates while keeping block inclusion, exposing valid authorizations to front-running and unauthorized contract ownership initialization

Security auditing firm Dedaub is investigating gas-related risks in the proposed Ethereum Glamsterdam upgrade alongside ChainSecurity and internal audits

ChainSecurity's October 13, 2026 research indicates that changed state gas costs can cause a contract to record an underfunded operation as permanently unsuccessful, removing its retry path

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Bitcoin Core developer Cory Fields submitted a proposal called 'quantum landmines' to deter quantum computer theft

As of early November 2026, approximately 7.1 million Bitcoin, representing roughly 35% of the circulating supply, sat in legacy addresses with exposed public keys vulnerable to quantum computer attacks

Because the Bitcoin network cannot distinguish between a quantum thief and a true owner, legitimate holders moving vulnerable legacy Bitcoin under Cory Fields' quantum landmine proposal would also be forced to post equal matching collateral

Cory Fields described the quantum landmines framework as a thought experiment that relies on quantum-safe wallets and soft-fork enforcement rules that are not yet written or finalized