Vitalik: Traditional applications might no longer exist on-chain in two years On October 6, 2026, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin (@VitalikButerin) stated at the OKX NOW event in Singapore that Ethereum transaction costs will continue to decrease in the next two years, privacy capabilities will improve, and the integration of AI with on-chain applications will accelerate. He believes that future on-chain interactions may gradually be handled by bots, and even the traditional application format might weaken, with AI directly interpreting on-chain quotes and filtering transactions for users. Source: OKX NOW