Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said newer Layer 1 roadmap work places greater emphasis on native privacy and quantum resistance than earlier Ethereum planning did. In comparing Ethereum’s early roadmap with the updated L1 "Strawmap," Buterin also pointed to a proposed shift from Verkle trees to Poseidon binary trees. He said the roadmap should be read as a research planning tool rather than a final governance outcome or a promise of a hard fork. Any actual change to Ethereum’s roadmap would still need to move through research, implementation work, and community debate. Buterin’s framing also tied privacy to practical use cases including payments, salaries, and trading, while describing quantum-safe preparation as long-range planning that the base layer should consider.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said a comparison between Ethereum’s early roadmap and the newer Layer 1 "Strawmap" shows native privacy and quantum resistance being treated as higher-priority research areas. He also said the roadmap points to a move from Verkle trees to Poseidon binary trees.
Buterin said the roadmap is a research planning tool, not a final governance decision and not a hard fork commitment. He added that Ethereum’s roadmap still evolves through research, implementation, and community debate.
In his description, privacy concerns touch use cases such as payments, salaries, and trading. Preparation for quantum security, he said, should be treated as long-term forward planning at the base-layer level.
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