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Buterin: Without AI, Lean Ethereum Roadmap Would Take Until 2050

  • —Buterin: without AI, Lean Ethereum would take until 2040–2050 to build
  • —AI already handles a large share of research and coding for the roadmap
  • —Comments made in an interview at Network State Conference 2026
Why it matters: A signal that AI is becoming a core tool in Ethereum development and could speed up its scaling efforts.
Source: Bloomingbit