⚙️ EIP-8288: Significant Gas Reduction for Post-Quantum Signatures & STARKs
Vitalik Buterin and Thomas Coratger have proposed EIP-8288 (Core Standards Track) to address the excessively high on-chain costs of post-quantum signatures and STARK proofs. Instead of being attached directly to transactions, the proofs will be aggregated by nodes into a single recursive STARK proof right within the mempool.
This solution could reduce gas costs from millions down to just a few tens of thousands, allowing Ethereum to support new cryptographic algorithms without requiring additional precompiles. Vitalik expects EIP-8288 to be integrated into the I-Star hard fork (following Hegota), marking a major milestone in the Lean Ethereum roadmap.
Vitalik Buterin and Thomas Coratger have proposed EIP-8288 (Core Standards Track) to address the excessively high on-chain costs of post-quantum signatures and STARK proofs. Instead of being attached directly to transactions, the proofs will be aggregated by nodes into a single recursive STARK proof right within the mempool.
This solution could reduce gas costs from millions down to just a few tens of thousands, allowing Ethereum to support new cryptographic algorithms without requiring additional precompiles. Vitalik expects EIP-8288 to be integrated into the I-Star hard fork (following Hegota), marking a major milestone in the Lean Ethereum roadmap.