Vitalik Buterin calls obfuscation cryptography’s ‘final boss,’ but says current approaches remain wildly impractical

Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, has described obfuscation as the ultimate challenge in the field of cryptography, calling it the "final boss." Despite its theoretical importance, Buterin points out that existing methods for obfuscation are far too impractical, with some taking "galactic" amounts of time to execute. This critique underscores the significant gap between theoretical cryptography and its real-world applications, highlighting the need for substantial advancements to make such technology usable in practice.