Buterin emphasizes survival and security as priorities for the crypto industry over the next two years

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said the crypto industry is increasingly prioritizing survival over winning over the next two years, with most major hacks of the past 18 months concentrated in user interfaces and centralized components rather than smart contract layers. He assessed that vulnerabilities and exploits at the smart contract level are declining, even as hacks continue, because core infrastructure security is improving and the pool of high-assurance infrastructure is widening. MarsBit reported the interview remarks on the 5th at 6:42 p.m. KST. The comments matter because they shift attention toward the UX and centralized chokepoints where user funds have repeatedly been lost, rather than the on-chain code many teams have focused on hardening. What to watch next is whether wallets, bridges, front ends and other centralized components can match the security gains Buterin describes at the contract layer.