{"id":94551,"date":"2026-02-23T09:59:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T06:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=94551"},"modified":"2026-02-24T11:00:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T08:00:52","slug":"vitalik-buterin-advocates-for-transaction-simulation-to-enhance-crypto-wallet-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/vitalik-buterin-advocates-for-transaction-simulation-to-enhance-crypto-wallet-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitalik Buterin Advocates for Transaction Simulation to Enhance Crypto Wallet Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum co-founder <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/who-is-vitalik-buterin\">Vitalik Buterin<\/a> has called for the integration of transaction simulation mechanisms into crypto wallets and smart contracts to enhance their security and user-friendliness.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How I think about &#8220;security&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p>The goal is to minimize the divergence between the user&#8217;s intent, and the actual behavior of the system.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;User experience&#8221; can also be defined in this way. Thus, &#8220;user experience&#8221; and &#8220;security&#8221; are thus not separate fields. However, &#8220;security&#8221;\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalikButerin\/status\/2025653045414273438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;The goal of security is to minimize the divergence between what the user wants to do (their intention) and what the system actually does. &#8216;User experience&#8217; can be defined in the same way. Therefore, these are not separate fields,&#8221; he wrote.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Buterin suggests that security architecture should be built around user intentions\u2014creating systems that double-check their actions. This applies not only to Ethereum wallets and smart contracts but also to operating systems and hardware.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;The user first indicates what they want to do, and after viewing a simulation of the on-chain consequences, they press &#8216;OK&#8217; or &#8216;Cancel&#8217;,&#8221; Buterin explained.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Other options include spending limits and <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-multisignature-what-is-a-ring-signature\">multisignatures<\/a>. A transaction proceeds only if three factors align: intention, expected outcome, and acceptable risk level. The result should be logical: safe actions are simplified to the point of automation, while risky ones require additional checks.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Implementation Challenges<\/h2>\n<p>The main challenge lies in accurately recognizing user intentions\u2014a task Buterin described as &#8220;extremely difficult.&#8221; This is why there are no &#8220;perfect&#8221; security solutions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;[\u2026] Absolute security is impossible. Not because machines or people are &#8216;imperfect&#8217;, but because the &#8216;user&#8217;s intention&#8217; itself is a fundamentally complex object that the user does not have easy access to,&#8221; he noted.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to him, an effective solution should rely on the principle of redundancy: the user expresses their intentions in several overlapping ways, and the system activates only when they coincide.<\/p>\n<p>As an additional filter of intentions, <span data-descr=\"large language models\" class=\"old_tooltip\">LLM<\/span> can be used, Buterin added. He believes that when applied correctly, neural networks can simulate human logic:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;A typical LLM is (among other things) like a &#8216;shadow&#8217; of the concept of human common sense. A model fine-tuned on a specific user becomes a &#8216;shadow&#8217; of that user and can more subtly determine what is normal and what is not.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier, Ethereum&#8217;s co-founder <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/buterin-envisions-future-alliance-between-ai-and-ethereum\">discussed<\/a> the potential process of merging the ecosystem with artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vitalik Buterin has called for integrating transaction simulation mechanisms into crypto wallets to enhance their security and user-friendliness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Buterin advocates for transaction simulation in crypto wallets for better security.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,46,1138,200],"class_list":["post-94551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-ethereum","tag-opinions","tag-vitalik-buterin"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"179","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Buterin advocates for transaction simulation in crypto wallets for better security.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94553,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94551\/revisions\/94553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}