Why Ethereum Abandoned eWASM for RISC-V Architecture

Dec 28, 2025 - 19:00
Why Ethereum Abandoned eWASM for RISC-V Architecture
Vitalik Buterin declared that Ethereum has ditched eWASM in support of RISC-V. These discontinuities in The Merge and the swift development of SNARK technology necessitated the critical shift to zkEVM compatibility. Ethereum gave up on its long-awaited eWASM upgrade. Instead, the network has been made compatible with the RISC-V architecture. This change was described by...

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