Ethereum 'Strawmap' details the future of ETH until 2030

• Ethereum defines long-term strategic vision.
• ETH aims for a finish in seconds.
• Scalability and post-quantum security in focus.

The Ethereum Foundation (EF) has unveiled a new long-term strategic roadmap called “strawmap,” bringing together in a single timeline proposals that could shape the future of Ethereum (ETH) by the end of the decade. The document consolidates upgrade ideas across different layers of the network and broadens the debate about the next steps for the most relevant cryptocurrencies in the market.

Released on February 25th by EF researchers, including Justin Drake, the material serves as a tool for discussion and coordination, not as a definitive plan. The proposal integrates changes in the consensus, execution, and data availability layers, offering a unified vision of how blockchain can evolve in the coming years.

Among the highlighted objectives are a significant reduction in transaction completion time, a substantial increase in processing capacity, and advancements in privacy and security. The plan mentions goals such as completion in less than one minute, gigabyte-scale execution, and expansion of data availability to terabytes, driven by rollups and data sampling techniques.

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The proposal broadens the horizon compared to short-term hard forks, presenting a structural perspective on the evolution of Ethereum. The intention is to align developers and governance participants around a long-term technical direction for ETH.

Co-founder Vitalik Buterin reinforced the discussion by detailing the possibility of gradually reducing slot times and speeding up completion. According to him, the strategy involves incremental improvements in networking, consensus design, and more efficient proof systems.

Buterin also highlighted the integration of post-quantum cryptography as part of this process. In his explanation, he stated: “One interesting consequence of the incremental approach is that there is a pathway to making the slots quantum-resistant much sooner than making the finality quantum-resistant, so we may well quite quickly get to a regime where, if quantum computers suddenly appear, we lose the finality guarantee, but the chain keeps chugging along.”

The researcher indicates that, even in the face of unexpected advances in quantum computing, the blockchain structure could continue to operate, albeit with adjustments to the guarantees of completion.

The Ethereum Foundation had also previously released its priorities for 2026, focusing on three pillars: scaling, improving user experience, and strengthening the base layer. These points appear aligned with the vision presented in the "strawmap," indicating that the plan serves as an evolutionary guide for the development of Ethereum and its strategic position in the cryptocurrency market.