[Wu Blockchain News] Highlight Clip: Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum's Remaining Roadmap Could Take 20 Years Without AI

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said on Nov. 4 that the network’s remaining roadmap could take roughly 20 years to complete without AI assistance, outlining a “lean Ethereum” upgrade set spanning the next several years. Buterin pointed specifically to AI-assisted formal verification as a way to check whether new code is safe and to accelerate development. The comments matter because they set expectations for how quickly Ethereum can ship its long-term roadmap, with AI positioned as the main variable that could compress the timeline. What to watch next is how quickly zero-knowledge proof and formal verification tooling move from application-layer projects into Ethereum’s base layer.