Vitalik: Traditional On-Chain Applications May No Longer Exist in Two Years

On October 6, 2026, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said at the OKX NOW event in Singapore that over the next two years, Ethereum transaction costs are expected to fall further, privacy capabilities will improve, and the integration of AI with on-chain applications will accelerate. He said future on-chain interactions may increasingly be handled by bots, while traditional applications could become less prominent, with AI directly interpreting on-chain offers and filtering transactions on users’ behalf.