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Vitalik Buterin Says Ethereum's Next Rebuild Will Match the Merge in Scale, Take Three to Four Years

7/6/2026

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has described the protocol's forthcoming overhaul as comparable in scale to the Merge and put the timeline at three to four years.

He also flagged that quantum safety has sharply risen as a priority, reshaping near-term development sequencing.

The hard fork called Hegota, expected later this year, will likely be the last upgrade Ethereum ships before entering what developers call the "Lean" era.

Hegota as a Threshold, Not a Finish Line Hegota is slated for later this year.

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