Vitalik Shares Ethereum 'Lite' Roadmap, Third Major Iteration
Vitalik Buterin shared the latest progress of Ethereum researchers at the Berlin conference on the X platform and updated the roadmap.
He pointed out that the "Lite Ethereum" is not a one-time upgrade, but a series of improvements that will be rolled out over the next 3-4 years, marking Ethereum's third major iteration (with the merge being the second). Almost all major components of the protocol will be replaced.
Key points include: replacing the verification mechanism with recursive STARKs instead of direct execution; quantum security replacing vulnerable components; decoupling consensus from availability and finality, adopting one or two rounds of finality; introducing multidimensional Gas and a new state model; making privacy a top priority; comprehensive formal verification; the VM may introduce LeanISA or RISC-V; multiple enhancements to Gas limits, Blob capacity, and block time.
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Vitalik's roadmap continues Ethereum's long-term technological evolution, focusing on simplifying the protocol, enhancing security and scalability, and gradually achieving the "Lite" goal through modular improvements.
On the capital front, Ethereum ecosystem developers and projects will adjust their deployments around the new roadmap, with technologies like recursive STARKs, multidimensional Gas, and privacy enhancements driving Layer 1 competitiveness, attracting more capital and developer resources.
Similar to Ethereum's transition from PoW to PoS, this third iteration focuses on core protocol replacements, marking Ethereum's transformation from early experimentation to a mature, efficient, privacy-first infrastructure.
Essentially a protocol upgrade, innovations like recursive verification, quantum security, and new state models reduce complexity while enhancing security and scalability, concentrating capital on projects that support the long-term roadmap.
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Major iterations are not achieved overnight but are a collection of continuous improvements.
Privacy and quantum security have shifted from being additional to primary, reflecting the evolutionary direction of mature protocols.
Simplifying the protocol and enhancing scalability are core to Layer 1's long-term competitiveness.