Rethinking Ethereum’s Core: Vitalik Buterin Wants to Replace the EVM with RISC-V In this episode of Web3 Unlocked, we unpack one of Vitalik Buterin’s boldest proposals yet: replacing Ethereum’s Virtual Machine (EVM) with RISC-V, an open-source hardware instruction set. We break down: What RISC-V is and why it matters Why the EVM is falling behind modern performance standards How RISC-V could supercharge zk-EVMs, parallelism, and formal verification What this migration could mean for developers, rollups, and Ethereum’s long-term scalability This isn't just about code—it's about a future where Ethereum speaks the same language as modern chips, compilers, and decentralized infrastructure.