Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed replacing the current Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) contract language with the RISC-V instruction set architecture to improve the speed and efficiency of the Ethereum network’s execution layer.
Buterin’s April 20 data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/long-term-l1-execution-layer-proposal-replace-the-evm-with-risc-v/23617″ rel=”null” target=”null” text=”null” title=”null”>proposal outlined several long-term bottlenecks for data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://cointelegraph.com/news/vitalik-strategy-scaling-ethereum-strengthening-eth” rel=”null” target=”null” text=”null” title=”null”>scaling the Ethereum network including, stable data availability sampling, ensuring block production remains competitive, and zero-knowledge EVM proving.
The Ethereum co-founder argued that implementing the RISC-V architecture in smart…

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