Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently proposed a new improvement aimed at allowing ordinary users to run Ethereum nodes without expensive hardware. The new proposal advocates that nodes only store the necessary data, while distributing historical data from 36 days ago across the entire network, similar to a system where libraries share books. This 'local-first' model not only reduces operating costs but also enhances privacy and censorship resistance, and is part of the Pectra upgrade roadmap. Although it still faces technical challenges, the proposal is seen as an important step in maintaining network decentralization and reducing reliance on large infrastructure.

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Source: https://ethresear.ch/t/a-local-node-favoring-delta-to-the-scaling-roadmap/22368