RESPONSE TO VITALIK'S EVM TO RISC-V VM PROPOSAL

Summary from the TLDR Crypto newsletter

Relying on a RISC-V zk-VM still demands EVM precompiles for heavy opcodes, so any change in base-layer cryptography triggers new audited circuits and undercuts maintainability. Claimed prover speed gains overlook additional overhead required unless contracts are fully compiled with specialized data types. Designing a minimal, proof-friendly architecture allows native execution of compiled contracts and achieves better balance of maintenance simplicity and prover efficiency than retrofitting general-purpose RISC-V.