PANews reported on March 29 that Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin discussed the future direction of Ethereum in his latest blog post. The article stated that the completion of the Dencun hard fork represents a key shift in Ethereum's long-term roadmap: With blobs, Ethereum's expansion is no longer a "zero to one" problem, but a "one to many" problem. Important expansion work, whether it is increasing the number of blobs or improving the ability of rollups to utilize each blob, will continue, but it will be more gradual. Scaling changes related to fundamental changes in the way Ethereum operates as an ecosystem have been falling further and further behind. In addition, the focus has been slowly shifting, and will continue to slowly shift from L1 issues such as PoS and expansion to issues closer to the application layer.
Vitalik pointed out the future direction of Ethereum expansion: 1. Gradually increase the blob capacity, and finally achieve a full view of data availability sampling, providing 16 MB of data space per time slot; 2. Improve L2 to make better use of data space. In the specific elaboration of this content, Vitalik said that the L2 protocol can be improved in four key aspects: 1. Use bytes more efficiently through data compression; 2. Use L1's Optimistic data technology to ensure the security of L2 in special circumstances; 3. Continue to improve execution-related restrictions; 4. Continue to improve security.
Vitalik also said that applications built or maintained today should be based on the Ethereum of the 2020s, and that Ethereum is undergoing a decisive transition from an era of "rapid L1 progress" to an era where L1 progress will still be very significant, but slightly more moderate and less disruptive to applications, which still requires expansion. Ethereum has upgraded from "just" a financial ecosystem to a more thoroughly independent decentralized technology stack. Across the ecosystem, we also need to adjust our mindset in this regard completely accordingly.
