2️⃣ Vitalik Proposes a Cyberpunk-Driven, “Non-Ugly” Ethereum with Potential System-Level Language Migration Vitalik Buterin stated on X that he is working toward a more ambitious plan: building an extension layer on top of the existing system to create a “cyberpunk-principled and not ugly Ethereum”, while maintaining tight integration and high interoperability with the current ecosystem. The proposal will evolve gradually, ensuring Ethereum gains essential system-level cyberpunk characteristics such as: Censorship resistance Zero-knowledge proof friendliness Strong consensus-layer properties Vitalik added that within the next five years—possibly sooner with AI-assisted coding and formal verification—there may be an open pathway allowing existing systems to migrate smart contracts into a new language framework when needed. Ethereum has previously executed major in-flight upgrades, such as “The Merge.” Vitalik suggested Ethereum may still be capable of undertaking roughly four additional system-level transformations of similar magnitude, including: State tree optimization Consensus simplification ZK-EVM verification Virtual machine layer changes