🔍 Ethereum Chooses Simplicity Over Specialization?
Poseidon was attractive because it was designed for efficient use inside zero-knowledge proof systems.
But improvements in proof technology have changed the trade-offs.
Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake says the project is now moving toward established hash functions such as SHA-2 or BLAKE2s for L1 rather than Poseidon.
It is an important reminder that blockchain architecture can change when new research makes an older optimization less necessary.
$ETH remains at the center of Ethereum's evolving technical roadmap.
#ethereumfoundationdropsposeidonforl1
Poseidon was attractive because it was designed for efficient use inside zero-knowledge proof systems.
But improvements in proof technology have changed the trade-offs.
Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake says the project is now moving toward established hash functions such as SHA-2 or BLAKE2s for L1 rather than Poseidon.
It is an important reminder that blockchain architecture can change when new research makes an older optimization less necessary.
$ETH remains at the center of Ethereum's evolving technical roadmap.
#ethereumfoundationdropsposeidonforl1