#EthereumFuture Ethereum's roadmap for 2025 and beyond, as outlined by co-founder Vitalik Buterin, focuses on enhancing scalability, interoperability, and sustainability to solidify its position as a leading decentralized platform.
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⚙️ Layer 1 Enhancements
- *Sharding Phase 3*: Ethereum plans to implement Sharding Phase 3 to optimize shard chain operations and inter-shard communication, aiming to process up to 100,000 transactions per second (TPS) [1] .
- *Verifiable Delay Functions (VDFs)*: The integration of VDFs is intended to enhance the proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism, increasing the network's resilience and security [1] .
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🧱 Layer 2 Scaling Solutions
- *Expansion of Rollups*: Ethereum is focusing on expanding Optimistic Rollups and Zero-Knowledge Rollups (ZK-Rollups) to diversify and optimize off-chain transaction processing [1] .
- *Data Blobs via EIP-4844*: The introduction of "blobs," a new data structure through EIP-4844, allows for temporary storage of large data packets within blocks, enhancing transaction throughput [2] .
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🔗 Interoperability and Governance
- *Cross-Chain Bridges*: Development of cross-chain bridges is prioritized to facilitate seamless asset transfers and communication between Ethereum and other blockchain networks [1] .
