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Buterin Confirms Ethereum’s Last ‘Normal’ Fork Is Prepared for 2027
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says the network is heading toward a future where calling it a blockchain barely describes the machinery.
Key facts
- Following the Bitget hack, which saw $387.5 million siphoned from the centralized exchange (CEX), CEO Gracy Chen took to social…
- In a Sept. 27 essay, he presents a 2030 vision with finality of roughly eight to 32 seconds, lighter verification and stronger privacy
- His 2030 comparison sketches finality, when transactions become settled, at roughly eight to 32 seconds
- Buterin identifies Ethereum’s Hegota, planned for 2027, as likely Ethereum’s last “normal” fork, meaning one whose technology would look familiar to someone from 2015
Summary
Buterin says Ethereum’s future involves dividing work and checking proofs instead of repeating every calculation. Ethereum’s 2030 vision sketches finality of eight to 32 seconds, but that’s a future design. Buterin sees Hegota, planned for 2027, as likely Ethereum’s last fork built around familiar technology. Ethereum spent years pursuing a seemingly awkward ambition, spread computing across a decentralized network, then make that arrangement efficient.