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By @MrJangKen • ID: 766881381 • 6 January, 2026
For years, the blockchain industry has been haunted by a singular, persistent ghost: the Blockchain Trilemma. Coined by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, the trilemma suggests that a decentralized network can only ever pick two out of three core qualities: Decentralization, Security, and Scalability. Bitcoin and the original Ethereum chose Decentralization and Security, resulting in a "bottleneck" where every node must verify every transaction, severely limiting bandwidth. However, following recent updates from Buterin in early 2026, Ethereum is officially entering a "fundamentally new" era. With the mainnet launch of PeerDAS and the maturation of zkEVMs, Ethereum is no longer just a "faster Bitcoin"—it is evolving into a high-bandwidth, decentralized supercomputer.

The End of the "Replication" Era
To understand why this matters, we have to look at how blockchains traditionally function. In a network like Bitcoin, throughput is low because the system relies on redundancy. Every single participant (node) must download and check every single piece of data. While this makes the network incredibly secure, it means the network is only as fast as its slowest individual node.
Buterin compares the new Ethereum model to BitTorrent. BitTorrent can move massive amounts of data because it doesn't require every user to hold the entire file; instead, users hold "pieces" of the data. However, BitTorrent lacks "consensus"—it doesn't care about the order or validity of the data in a financial sense.
Ethereum’s new goal is to achieve BitTorrent-level bandwidth while maintaining Bitcoin-level consensus.
Pillar I: PeerDAS (The Bandwidth Breakthrough)
The first major milestone in this transition is the arrival of PeerDAS (Peer Data Availability Sampling) on the Ethereum mainnet.
PeerDAS is the practical implementation of "sharding" concepts that have been discussed for years. Instead of forcing a node to download a massive block of data to ensure it’s "available," PeerDAS allows nodes to perform Data Availability Sampling.
How it works: Nodes sample small, random portions of the data. Through clever mathematics, if enough nodes sample enough small pieces, the network can mathematically prove that the entire dataset is present.The Result: Ethereum can now handle much larger amounts of data (blobs) without increasing the hardware requirements for individual stakers. This directly lowers the cost of Layer 2 (L2) rollups, making transactions significantly cheaper for the end-user.
Pillar II: zkEVMs (The Verification Revolution)
While PeerDAS handles the storage of data, zkEVMs (Zero-Knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machines) handle the computation.
Buterin recently noted that zkEVMs have reached an "alpha stage." This means their performance is now production-quality. The focus has shifted from "Can we make this fast enough?" to "Can we make this safe enough?"
A zkEVM allows the network to process transactions off-chain and then submit a tiny "cryptographic proof" to the main Ethereum chain. This proof says: "We processed 10,000 transactions, and here is the mathematical guarantee that they were all valid." The mainnet doesn't need to re-run the transactions; it just verifies the proof, which takes a fraction of a second. By 2026, we expect to see zkEVM nodes appearing in limited form, further reducing the burden on the main network.
The Future: Distributed Block Building
The final piece of Buterin’s vision involves Distributed Block Building. Currently, "builders" assemble transactions into blocks. This creates a risk of centralization, where a few powerful actors could potentially censor transactions or extract unfair value (MEV).
By splitting the work of building a block across many different parties, Ethereum ensures:
Censorship Resistance: No single entity can decide what gets into a block.Geographic Fairness: A distributed network isn't dependent on high-speed connections to a single data center in one part of the world.
Why 2026 is the "Pivotal Moment"
We are witnessing the death of the "Replicated State Machine" and the birth of the "Partitioned Verification Machine."
Ethereum is moving away from the model where every node does all the work. Instead, it is moving toward a model where the work is divided, but the security is shared. This allows Ethereum to scale to millions of transactions per second without becoming a centralized corporate database.
As Buterin puts it, these are not "minor improvements." They represent a shift in the very DNA of decentralized networks. Ethereum is finally breaking the limits that have defined the blockchain space since 2009.

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The "Blockchain Trilemma" has long been the major obstacle in the world of crypto. The traditional approach says: you can only choose two out of three: decentralization, security, or scalability (speed). You cannot have all three at once.

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Hey folks, the founder of the Ethereum network, Vitalik Buterin, dropped a bombshell in the crypto world! 💣 Buterin confirmed that Ethereum has successfully "solved" the biggest challenge facing blockchain, namely the famous "trilemma"!
🌟 How was the achievement made? The secret lies in two incredible upgrades:
PeerDAS (data availability sampling among peers): 🔄 This technology acts like a "Lego" that allows for massive expansion in the network's bandwidth.