Vitalik Buterin Introduced FOCIL: Protecting Ethereum from Censorship

🕔 Vitalik Buterin proposed a new mechanism FOCIL to protect Ethereum from transaction blocking.

💡 Essence: instead of one builder, 17 participants form the block.

— one is responsible for the order,

— 16 verify that all important transactions are included in the block, even if the network is partially controlled by major players.

❗️ The model complements the open transaction list and the work on distributed block creation. In conjunction with EIP-7701, this will provide more freedom for smart contracts and private transactions.

🎯 The goal is to prevent a repeat of the situation like the censorship of Tornado Cash in 2022.

⚡️ FOCIL reduces transaction costs and enhances market price freedom. But ahead lies the challenge — balancing decentralization and regulatory pressure, especially in the USA.