Vitalik Buterin is incredibly dedicated—working hard at the Hong Kong event for $ETH. What is Ethereum’s goal? Not to become the fastest trading platform, but to become the world’s most secure and indestructible digital foundation. He has positioned Ethereum’s five-year strategic roadmap as: From a user-friendly blockchain → an ultra-secure, quantum-resistant digital base. Key insights from Vitalik: 1. Ethereum’s two core principles: • A public bulletin board: An immutable data ledger visible to everyone. • Shared digital assets: Control over ETH, tokens, NFTs, and DAOs through code, ensuring sovereignty and fair participation. 2. Strong opposition to cloning Ethereum and scaling it 100x at the cost of increased centralization on L2s. 3. Preparing for two future threats: quantum computing and complex computation • Full quantum resistance: Ethereum aims to achieve quantum security across all layers within five years. • Leveraging AI to automatically generate mathematical proofs, ensuring the system’s code is entirely free of vulnerabilities. Ultimate goal: Even if all developers disappeared, Ethereum would continue to operate securely.