Vitalik Buterin proposed replacing the Ethereum Virtual Machine with RISC-V to improve efficiency. The change would retain Solidity and Vyper as development languages. Execution bottlenecks and scalability issues were identified. Different implementation pathways, including coexistence and migration strategies, are being considered. The proposal aligns with the beam chain initiative to simplify Ethereum’s consensus mechanism. Community members have raised strategic and technical concerns about the proposal.

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