Vitalik Buterin Urges Ethereum Developers to Stop Copy-Paste EVM Chains and Shallow L2 Links
On February 5, 2026, Vitalik Buterin used X to criticise the trend of launching copy-paste EVM chains and basic layer-2 bridges with long withdrawal delays, warning that this approach could stall Ethereum's progress. He argued that developers should instead pursue genuinely new architectures, tighter technical integration with Ethereum, and app chains that provide real transparency rather than cosmetic Ethereum alignment.