On March 2nd, Vitalik Buterin recently stated that artificial intelligence is significantly improving development efficiency. An experiment using AI to create a prototype of the Ethereum 2030 roadmap shows that the pace of core upgrades for Ethereum may accelerate far beyond previous expectations. This experiment originated from a bet between a developer and Buterin in February this year, attempting to leverage AI to quickly produce a reference implementation of Ethereum’s future roadmap.
Buterin posted on X that the developer completed the entire Ethereum 2030 technical roadmap’s “Vibe coding” in just a few weeks, which was impressive. He believes that as AI coding capabilities continue to improve, developers will achieve higher efficiency in protocol development, testing, and functionality verification, potentially speeding up Ethereum’s core upgrade process.
The so-called “Vibe coding” refers to automatically generating application code through AI models, where developers only need to provide design goals or logical descriptions to quickly build software. As AI programming tools rapidly develop, this approach is gaining attention in the blockchain development community and is seen as an important auxiliary tool for future smart contract development and blockchain infrastructure.
However, Buterin also warns that AI-generated code still carries significant risks. He points out that because AI can generate large amounts of code in a very short time, it is likely to contain serious vulnerabilities or sometimes only produce stub code that does not fully implement features. Therefore, if development teams overly rely on AI speed and neglect security audits, it could pose hidden dangers to blockchain systems.
Buterin emphasizes that a more reasonable approach is to combine the efficiency brought by AI with security processes, such as using AI to generate more test cases, performing formal verification of key functions, and developing multiple versions for cross-checking. He believes that the long-held goal of “bug-free code,” which has been considered difficult to achieve, may become a reality gradually with AI-assisted development and ultimately become a standard in the industry.
(Source: YQ)
Meanwhile, Buterin continues to pay close attention to the Ethereum Foundation’s recent “Strawmap” technical roadmap, which outlines the protocol upgrade directions for the next four years, including scalability enhancements, account abstraction, and resistance to quantum attacks. He revealed that the account abstraction feature is expected to be gradually implemented within a year, which is considered an important step toward improving Ethereum’s user experience and the capabilities of smart wallets.
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