Overview
- In a March 5 post, Buterin pressed developers to rethink the application stack from first principles while keeping censorship resistance, open source, privacy and security non‑negotiable.
- He cautioned against uncertainty around Ethereum’s L1 guarantees and said trustless verification tools such as light clients must remain standard.
- He predicted AI agents could soon handle wallet interactions, proposing a flow where models suggest actions that users locally verify before approving.
- He elevated privacy to a first‑class property and argued that wallets, L2s, DeFi and networking need redesigns centered on privacy‑preserving approaches.
- He called for a reassessment of DeFi, oracle and L2 roles, floated oracle designs that pair cryptographic proofs with small LLMs, and criticized meme‑driven culture in favor of practical ‘sanctuary tech.’