Vitalik Buterin Says Quantum Computers and Privacy Are Now Ethereum’s Biggest Challenges

Vitalik Buterin compared Ethereum’s 2023 roadmap to its updated 2026 Strawmap, highlighting major new priorities. Privacy is now a core requirement, with tools like privacy pools and wormholes added to protect user activity. Quantum security has moved closer to the front of the roadmap as a standalone concern. Native rollups were absent from the update.