Ethereum Foundation’s New Co-Executive Addresses Vitalik Buterin’s RISC-V Architecture Proposal

In a recent development within the Ethereum ecosystem, the newly appointed co-executive of the Ethereum Foundation has publicly responded to Vitalik Buterin’s proposal advocating for RISC-V processor architecture integration. The statement comes amid growing discussions about blockchain infrastructure optimization and potential hardware-level improvements. As the Ethereum network continues to evolve post-Merge, this exchange highlights the ongoing technical deliberations shaping the platform’s future roadmap. Industry analysts are closely monitoring how these architectural considerations might influence Ethereum’s scalability and decentralization objectives in its next development phase.

Stańczak went on to praise Buterin for his recent proposal on RISC‑V and zkVMs which he claimed has “advanced promising avenues.” Moreover, he also stated that Buterin’s proposals on privacy has helped realign the community with the network’s core values.

However, he took the opportunity to remind community members that although Buterin’s proposals hold significant impact, they are designed to spark conversations and should not be treated as final decisions. In fact, he emphasized that the community could very well refine proposals or even reject them outright.

“I want to make clear that Vitalik’s proposals will always carry weight, but they are intended to start conversations and encourage progress in difficult research areas,” continued Stańczak.

On April 20, Vitalik Buterin shared a proposal on the Ethereum Magicians forum where he advocated for switching the Ethereum Virtual Machine in favor of RISC-V, an open-source instruction set architecture.

He believed the change could greatly improve the network’s efficiency, especially in terms of for zero-knowledge-based scaling. The proposal was published only a few days prior to the network’s latest upgrade, which is set to go live on May 7.