Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, has proposed a new improvement aimed at making it easier for average users to run Ethereum nodes without expensive hardware. His proposal suggests that nodes should only store the data they need, while historical data older than 36 days would be distributed across multiple nodes—similar to a library system where books are shared between branches. This “local-first” model reduces operational costs while improving privacy and censorship resistance. It forms part of Ethereum’s ambitious Pectra upgrade roadmap. While technical challenges remain, the proposal is seen as a key step toward preserving decentralization and reducing reliance on large infrastructure providers.

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