#Ethereum✅ Vitalik Buterin Proposes RISC-V Upgrade to Supercharge Ethereum
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has suggested a bold move—switching from the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) to the RISC-V instruction set to power the network’s execution layer.
On April 20, Buterin urged Ethereum to tackle key limitations to stay fast, scalable, and competitive.
His focus:
Boost data availability sampling
Encourage healthy block production competition
Speed up zero-knowledge proof generation
He believes RISC-V could significantly enhance these areas, especially the zero-knowledge features that are key to Ethereum’s future.
> “The beam chain effort holds great promise for simplifying Ethereum’s consensus layer,” Buterin said.
“A radical shift like this might be the only way forward for the execution layer.”
This comes as Ethereum feels the heat from fast blockchains like Solana and Sui, which offer quicker, cheaper transactions—a big draw for developers and users.
Ethereum’s layer-2 "blob fees" have crashed, with Etherscan showing a drop to just 3.18 ETH (around $5,000) the week of March 30.
Meanwhile, average network fees in April 2025 hit a 5-year low of $0.16 per transaction.
As users move to layer-2 chains, Santiment’s Brian Quinlivan says this fee drop reflects less action on Ethereum’s main layer.
But it also means less revenue for Ethereum’s core system.
He also criticized Ethereum’s community for flooding the space with too many tokens:
> “ETH was buried in an avalanche of its own tokens. Self-killed.”
These comments follow Lekker Capital's Quinn Thompson, who bluntly stated:
> “Ethereum is completely dead as an investment.”
Despite Ethereum’s strong blockchain tech, falling user activity, low transactions, and weak revenue are raising red flags for investors.
#Ethereum #EFT #ETH🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥