Vitalik Buterin Pushes Ethereum Plan to Slash Quantum-Safe Privacy Costs
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Vitalik Buterin proposes EIP‑8288 for the upcoming I‑star upgrade, following Hegota, aiming to slash quantum‑safe privacy costs and designate RISC‑V as Ethereum’s canonical instruction set; the change promises lower gas fees for confidential transactions, encourages broader developer adoption, and could boost network security while strengthening Ethereum’s competitive edge in the evolving blockchain market.
Buterin wants EIP-8288 in I-star, the upgrade after Hegota, and adopting it would make RISC-V Ethereum's canonical instruction set.