Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum is outgrowing its founder
- —Buterin proposed a "walkaway test": the protocol should keep running without any single team or person
- —The Ethereum Foundation should shrink and focus on censorship resistance, open source, privacy and security
- —AI could speed up the Lean Ethereum roadmap to replace core protocol components
- —The theme dates back to 2021, but now comes with a defined list of EF priorities and a technical plan
Why it matters: A more distributed leadership model reduces Ethereum's reliance on one figure and shifts development competition to outside teams.
Source: Crypto Briefing