Vitalik Buterin rejects calls to let Ethereum die, details bolt-on plan with 5-year horizon

Vitalik Buterin pushed back against an X user's suggestion to abandon Ethereum's base chain, outlining a tightly integrated "bolt-on" rebuild that keeps the network live. He described a cypherpunk-focused redesign that grows alongside the current chain, and said a roughly five-year timeline could be shortened with AI-assisted coding and verification.