V神’s latest remarks set an interesting direction for Ethereum’s scaling roadmap.
He said that the Bitcoin community’s ideas like Utreexo deserve recognition, and that the current proposed Ethereum scaling strategy is essentially putting that direction into practice. In one sentence, the core goal is: make Ethereum have UTXO-style state, dynamic state, and all kinds of states in between.
What does that mean? In plain terms: Ethereum doesn’t want to choose between “hyper-scalability” and “decentralization.” It doesn’t want an either/or.
A few key points are worth highlighting:
First, the advantage of UTXO-style state is that it’s lightweight and verifiable. Combined with techniques like Utreexo, nodes only need to store a small portion of the data, greatly lowering the operating requirements.
Second, dynamic state preserves the flexibility that a smart-contract platform should have. DeFi, NFTs, and all kinds of on-chain applications rely on it.
Third, Vitalik emphasizes “having both” and “everything in between.” It’s not a binary choice; instead, it offers an entire spectrum of state models so different scenarios can pick the most suitable one.
His description of the end result is: most of Ethereum’s activity can achieve hyper-scale expansion without sacrificing decentralization, without sacrificing the ease of running nodes, and without sacrificing resistance to censorship. Putting the three “without sacrificing” together shows he has high expectations for scaling at the L1 layer, and he doesn’t plan to push all safety and decentralization concerns entirely onto L2.
For everyday users and developers, if this path works out, it would mean that ordinary laptops could still run Ethereum nodes, while on-chain throughput could also take another step up. Of course, the ideal is always perfect—real engineering implementation is the true test. How state-model switching and compatibility will work, and how existing EVM contracts will adapt, are challenges that can’t be avoided.
What do you think of V’s roadmap here? Let’s discuss in the comments.
#Vitalik#Ethereum#Scaling
He said that the Bitcoin community’s ideas like Utreexo deserve recognition, and that the current proposed Ethereum scaling strategy is essentially putting that direction into practice. In one sentence, the core goal is: make Ethereum have UTXO-style state, dynamic state, and all kinds of states in between.
What does that mean? In plain terms: Ethereum doesn’t want to choose between “hyper-scalability” and “decentralization.” It doesn’t want an either/or.
A few key points are worth highlighting:
First, the advantage of UTXO-style state is that it’s lightweight and verifiable. Combined with techniques like Utreexo, nodes only need to store a small portion of the data, greatly lowering the operating requirements.
Second, dynamic state preserves the flexibility that a smart-contract platform should have. DeFi, NFTs, and all kinds of on-chain applications rely on it.
Third, Vitalik emphasizes “having both” and “everything in between.” It’s not a binary choice; instead, it offers an entire spectrum of state models so different scenarios can pick the most suitable one.
His description of the end result is: most of Ethereum’s activity can achieve hyper-scale expansion without sacrificing decentralization, without sacrificing the ease of running nodes, and without sacrificing resistance to censorship. Putting the three “without sacrificing” together shows he has high expectations for scaling at the L1 layer, and he doesn’t plan to push all safety and decentralization concerns entirely onto L2.
For everyday users and developers, if this path works out, it would mean that ordinary laptops could still run Ethereum nodes, while on-chain throughput could also take another step up. Of course, the ideal is always perfect—real engineering implementation is the true test. How state-model switching and compatibility will work, and how existing EVM contracts will adapt, are challenges that can’t be avoided.
What do you think of V’s roadmap here? Let’s discuss in the comments.
#Vitalik#Ethereum#Scaling