Vitalik Wants ETH to Become a Store of Value as Ethereum Races Toward Quantum Resistance

By Isaac • November 8, 2026 7:22 pm •

Ethereum is making a more ambitious pitch for itself.

Vitalik Buterin says ETH should be treated as a store of value built on the network’s resistance to censorship, capture and centralized control. He does not want its value story to depend on users burning more ETH through transaction fees.

That argument lands at an important moment. Ethereum fees have dropped sharply, activity has continued to grow, and developers are simultaneously trying to move the network toward post-quantum security on a faster timetable.

Cointelegraph reports that Buterin wants Ethereum to lean into ETH as a store of value rather than tying the asset’s central narrative to fee burning. His argument is that optimizing the chain around fee