Listen, I'll tell you some interesting news from the world of crypto, especially if you follow Ethereum. At the ETHGlobal conference in Prague, Vitalik Buterin, one of the creators of Ethereum, shared plans on how to make the basic network layer, the so—called Layer 1, 10 times larger over the next year.
But these are not just words. He presented a fairly specific and realistic roadmap. It includes improvements such as:
Deferred transaction execution,
Access lists at the block level,
Network layer optimization,
Distributed storage of the blockchain history.
All these things have already been discussed before, and now it's about implementation — nothing radically new, just consistent progress.
What's especially cool is that Vitalik says it's worth taking a break after this breakthrough. They say we need to make sure that the network remains decentralized and stable. Because if you just chase after speed, you can lose the essence — the very freedom and equality of participants, for which Ethereum was created in the first place.
It even allows for a hard fork, but not in the usual sense. This is not a split of the network into two camps, as was the case with Ethereum and Ethereum Classic, but rather point—to-point changes at the protocol level: improving the virtual machine, increasing censorship resistance, account abstraction, etc. Everything that will make the protocol cleaner and simpler - without risking decentralization.
By the way, some developers suggest going much faster — scaling up to 1000 times at once. But Vitalik insists on a more cautious approach. Until technologies like ZK-EVM (virtual machines with zero disclosure) become reliable, he sees no point in rushing.
This approach, to be honest, commands respect. This is not just “let's speed up and see what happens,” but an attempt to build a solid foundation for the future of Ethereum — so that the network grows, but at the same time remains open and stable.
What do you think: is it worth it for Ethereum to slow down in order to preserve decentralization, or should we take the chance and drive to the maximum now?
