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#VitalikOutlinesLeanEthereumRoadmap That headline refers to Vitalik Buterin’s newly shared “Lean Ethereum” roadmap, which frames Ethereum’s next 3–4 years of upgrades as a major evolution after the Merge. Reports say the plan focuses on scalability, security, privacy, consensus, and protocol simplification. (cryptotimes.io) The biggest themes showing up in coverage are: Scalability: more efficient execution and state handling, with long-term work tied to zk/validity-proof style architecture. (cryptotimes.io) Quantum resistance: a staged migration toward post-quantum cryptography rather than one disruptive switch. (cryptobriefing.com) Privacy: privacy is being treated as a core protocol priority, not just an app-layer add-on. (cryptotimes.io) Lean design: the idea is to make Ethereum’s core architecture more minimal, modular, and resilient over time. This is partly an inference from the roadmap descriptions emphasizing redesign/simplification across core components. (cryptotimes.io) A few reports also mention concrete direction like recursive STARKs, state upgrades, and a possible upgrade path beginning with future forks in the late 2026+ window. (cryptotimes.io) What it means in plain English: Vitalik seems to be saying Ethereum’s next chapter is not just “make it faster,” but rebuild key pieces so it can scale, stay decentralized, improve privacy, and remain secure even against future cryptographic threats. (cryptotimes.io) If you want, I can also give you: a simple beginner summary, a bullish/bearish market impact take for ETH, or a technical breakdown of the roadmap piece by piece.$ETH