Overview
- The Foundation will prioritize open-source DeFi that minimizes reliance on trusted third parties rather than backing all on-chain finance.
- Vitalik Buterin introduced a walkaway test requiring protocols to keep operating if original teams disappear or turn hostile.
- Oracle security was labeled a pressing, systemic vulnerability, with a push for more decentralized oracle design.
- Roadmap priorities include privacy-preserving collateralized debt positions, AI-assisted formal verification, wallet safeguards, and stronger auditing and shared standards.
- The Foundation highlighted open-source licensing and forkability as resilience issues, while noting Ethereum remains permissionless for any project to deploy.