Vitalik’s “Big Plans” for Ethereum: Scaling to the Moon or a Mild Jog?

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Vitalik Buterin, the man with the plan, has announced a “massive” 10X scaling for Ethereum’s Layer 1 (L1) in the next year. Hold onto your seats, folks. 🚀

Of course, this comes after an enthusiastic chorus from the Ethereum community shouting for a L1 scaling *yesterday*. Because, who doesn’t love a good scaling debate?

Vitalik’s Master Plan (And Why It’s Not As Quick As You’d Hope)

During a panel discussion at ETHGlobal Prague (yes, the glamorous tech shindig of the year), the co-founder of Ethereum nonchalantly dropped the bombshell: scaling L1 by 10X in the coming year, “based on delayed execution.” Because who doesn’t love waiting for things to happen? ⏳

“My view is generally, I think we should scale L1 by about 10X over the next year and a bit,” said Buterin, ever the master of understatement.

When questioned about the leisurely pace, Buterin revealed that one year was, in fact, the “best” timeline. Some people—clearly impatient souls—are demanding scaling 1,000 times overnight. But no, Vitalik prefers a more cautious, structured approach. Baby steps, people. 🐢

Buterin also hinted at some snazzy upgrades like mobile log-level access lists, networking improvements, and distributed history storage. You know, just the usual tech jargon we all pretend to understand. 😏

When the scaling is finally done, Vitalik suggested taking a “breather” to make sure decentralization is still breathing. Maybe we can all relax and sip on some tea while they roll out a hard fork to fix stuff like account abstraction, censorship resistance, and switching to SSL. No big deal, right?

But wait—there’s more! He clarified that once zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machines (because who doesn’t love a good acronym?) are ready, the network can zoom ahead at full speed. 🚗💨

The 31-year-old prodigy also threw in a casual suggestion to use partially stateless nodes to help Ethereum scale. No, you don’t need to fully grasp this idea. Just nod along and imagine a world where Ethereum’s chain can validate blocks without storing all that historical data. Yes, it sounds like magic, but it’s just a little less storage-heavy for users.

The Community’s Cry for Immediate Scaling (Because Who Has Time?)

After a weak Q1, with ETH prices dropping faster than a lead balloon and on-chain metrics looking a little… underwhelming, some Ethereum enthusiasts are screaming for immediate scaling. Because, why wait for a “year and a bit” when you can have it now? 🙄

Top Ethereum researcher Dankrad Feist, never one to shy away from a challenge, has proposed EIP-7938, a proposal to raise Ethereum’s gas limit and boost its capacity by 100 times over the next four years. Sounds like a fun ride, right?

Feist believes that Ethereum can still keep its privacy and decentralized charm, despite the scaling marathon. He insists that backing this proposal is a show of “strong commitment” to Ethereum’s future. Let’s hope he’s right, or we’ll all be sipping our lattes in the Myspace of crypto. ☕

Meanwhile, Cardano’s founder, Charles Hoskinson, is already planning the eulogy for Ethereum. He compared its future to that of Myspace and Blackberry—once mighty, now relegated to the annals of digital history. He blamed “parasitic” Layer-2s for weakening Ethereum’s core. Sounds like a fun rivalry, doesn’t it? 😅

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2025-06-02 23:04