💭 Ethereum May Stop Looking Like a Blockchain? In a new essay, Vitalik describes the $ETH network’s next phase as a "cryptographic world computer". The basic idea is to stop making every computer on Ethereum repeat every piece of work. Instead, more computation could happen elsewhere, while cryptographic proofs let Ethereum verify that the result is correct - without necessarily seeing all the underlying data. ANd that changes Ethereum’s role: → off-chain systems handle more computation → zero-knowledge proofs verify the results → Ethereum remains the security and settlement layer → privacy can become part of the architecture rather than an extra feature 🔎 And this isn’t framed as some distant philosophical idea. Buterin says Hegotá, currently planned for 2027, may be Ethereum’s last "normal" fork recognizable to an early Ethereum developer. After that, the roadmap moves deeper into recursive STARKs, automated formal verification, optimized consensus and eventually quantum-safe cryptography. Thoughts? #Macro Insights# #ETH #Altcoin Season#