Vitalik Buterin proposed replacing Ethereum's EVM with the RISC-V instruction set architecture to enhance the execution layer's performance. He argues that this radical change could simplify the consensus layer and significantly improve scalability, potentially increasing Ethereum's throughput by up to 100 times. This proposal addresses long-term bottlenecks in data availability, block production competitiveness, and zero-knowledge proofs.
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Vitalik Buterin proposed replacing Ethereum's EVM with the RISC-V instruction set architecture to enhance the execution layer's performance. He argues that this radical change could simplify the consensus layer and significantly improve scalability, potentially increasing Ethereum's throughput by up to 100 times. This proposal addresses long-term bottlenecks in data availability, block production competitiveness, and zero-knowledge proofs.