Vitalik Buterin says AI-assisted bug finding does not render secure code or trustless systems impossible and points instead to AI-assisted formal verification for stronger guarantees

@Batigol08 Moonkin can only do Arcane and Nature magic, they can't do fire; even starfire is an Arcane spell

I guess they forgot to put that into the training data?

@VitalikButerin mi'o me la @AsteroidCoinOG kulnu .i mi'o benji fi do pa notci

Many people have claimed that with AI-assisted bug finding, secure code (and hence trustless anything) will be impossible.

I have a much more optimistic take, and AI-assisted formal verification is a major part of the reason why:

https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2026/05/18/fv.html

@VitalikButerin $asteroid og

@VitalikButerin Vitalik Buterin, while everyone debates the future of Ethereum, one unexpected experiment is already happening in real time:

200 ETH has been routed to Animal Welfare Fund through community activity.

@VitalikButerin

@VitalikButerin "The defects are finite" might be the most bullish thing written about crypto security in years.

We're not racing to find bugs faster than attackers. We're racing to run out of bugs entirely 🙏📖

Hey vitalik hope as is well bro im sure you remember the btc pizza day transaction that is coming up may 22nd. The guy who received the 10k btc is actually active on twitter for the first time since 2014! Would dope to shout him out since everyone mentions laszlo and not the guy who bought the pizza.

@VitalikButerin Hi vitalik $asteriod og. community is with u and support you a just let us know when you donate so community can rest assure it’s done for a good cause.

@VitalikButerin @Batigol08 So can u tell us about what moodeng can do father?

$moodengeth

@VitalikButerin @Batigol08 Wojak laughing at moonkin "he doesn't know about the secret fire spell called 'ngmi'" holds up burning ETH bag.

@VitalikButerin bro lock in $AYYLIEN lmao

and lets make it the 1st billion dollar runner on ETH this year

@VitalikButerin How to evaluate the continuous participation of players on the blockchain in Animal Welfare Fund?

Big agree @VitalikButerin AI-assisted FV is the right counter to AI-assisted exploits, and the intel layer is the missing piece.

Shipped a Solvr intel module (formal-verification) on this thesis today.

→ Live onchain intel grounds the spec (holders, governance, known attack patterns) → Lean 4 + KEVM stack → Math-trained model writes the proof body → Human audits theorem statements only

AI can prove correctness, but only against a spec grounded in onchain reality.

http://solvrbot.com/intels

@VitalikButerin yo @VitalikButerin - would love for you to try out Codex and GPT 5.5, I think it’ll fit a lot of the direction you’re thinking about!

how do we make this happen?

@VitalikButerin Wanna meet rafa someday?

@VitalikButerin bio: "I choose balance. First-level balance." The only person in the world who could turn Ethereum into a perfectly balanced ecosystem of decentralization, scalability, and security. He's not just the father of ETH — he's the ultimate Balance Druid of crypto. Purple fur, majestic antlers, glowing golden eyes, calmly casting Starfire in the middle of the storm to solve every trilemma. For real, Vitalik, you’re not just leading the industry — you’re leading the entire philosophy. Way too cool, bro!

@VitalikButerin 太多的动物，但唯一难忘的只有#MooDeng

@VitalikButerin @Batigol08 Wen siphon life buff?

@VitalikButerin @Batigol08 You've inspired us to start a fundraiser for the Animal Welfare Fund. So far we've donated over 6 eth. And we have a growing community. More support, more donations.

Thank you Vitalik

@VitalikButerin @Batigol08 whats up, i'm arcane gems

arcane magic > nature magic