Vitalik Buterin unveils new roadmap to address Ethereum scaling

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has announced a new scaling roadmap designed to increase the network's short-term capacity while preparing for a long-term transition to advanced cryptographic technologies and data-intensive blobs. In the short term, the plan aims to use upgrades like Glamsterdam and ePBS to help nodes verify blocks more efficiently and better utilize the 12-second slot, allowing Ethereum to safely accommodate more transactions in each block. For the long term, Buterin proposed increasing the cost of permanent data storage and relying more heavily on zero-knowledge proofs and blobs to boost throughput without making the network operable only by large, well-funded operators. CoinDesk noted that this marks a shift in focus for Buterin, who is now concentrating on scaling Ethereum's base layer, in contrast to the ecosystem's recent emphasis on Layer 2 rollups over the past few years.