Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin released an updated roadmap on Monday that significantly elevates quantum safety and privacy as top priorities, while deprioritizing or dropping other initiatives like Verkle trees and state expiry in favor of alternative constructions.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has released an updated technical roadmap that elevates quantum-resistant cryptography and privacy features as top priorities, marking a significant shift from the network's 2023 development plan. The new roadmap also emphasizes native rollups and incorporates AI-assisted formal verification while downgrading or replacing some previous initiatives like verifiable delay functions.
US prosecutors rejected Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm's newest argument for case dismissal, stating a recent Supreme Court ruling cited by his attorneys was 'inapposite' to the case as Storm faces retrial on two charges.
