Polkadot's RISC-V Solidity Compiler: A Year Ahead of Ethereum

Tue May 20 2025

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Vitalik recently proposed replacing Ethereum's EVM with RISC-V architecture. Meanwhile, Polkadot's new Solidity compiler (launching this month) has been building exactly that for over a year—with up to 100x performance gains. Link: https://x.com/gbaciX/status/1924871540484546932

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