Vitalik Buterin has offered a sweeping reframing of how the crypto industry should think about security, arguing that the concept is inseparable from user experience and fundamentally rooted in aligning systems with human intent.
Summary
- Vitalik Buterin argues that crypto security should be defined as minimizing the gap between user intent and system behavior.
- He says security and user experience are not separate fields, with security focused on high-impact, adversarial “tail risk” scenarios.
- Buterin advocates redundancy — such as simulations, multisig, and formal verification — over friction, stressing that perfect security is impossible.
