Vitalik is making private Ethereum payments without a crypto website
Vitalik Buterin says he has used an AI-written command-line tool to update ENS content hashes and a separate CLI wallet for privacy-focused payments, shifting some activity away from website interfaces. Local software lets users retain a chosen version, but transfers trust to the installed code, its dependencies and build process. Kohaku-cli is unaudited, actively developed and warns users against mainnet use without understanding the risks. Its public-transfer flow can simulate without broadcasting, while some Railgun unshield operations may produce an already-signed payload that could be submitted later. Wallet access can also enable non-interactive broadcasting. Local execution does not by itself secure signing authority, verify the full supply chain or ensure network privacy; users must assess code provenance, dependencies, permissions and external connections.
