Co -founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, called for simplification of the Ethereum basic protocol, aimed at making the network more proficient, safe and sound and accessible, inspiring the minimalist Bitcoin project.
On the blog post Entitled “Simplification L1”, published on May 3, Buterin presented a vision of restructuring the architecture of Ethereum in consensus components, performance and common.
“This post describes how Ethereum in 5 years can get closer to as simple as Bitcoin,” Baryin wrote, arguing that simplicity is the key to the immunity of Ethereum and long -term scalability.
While the recent improvements, such as proof-of-stake (POS) and Zero-Worth concise, non-interinteractive argument of knowledge integration (ZK-Snark), made Ethereum more solid, said that the technical complexity led to the bloating of developmental cycles, higher costs and higher risk of errors:
“Historically, Ethereum often did not do this (sometimes because of my own decisions), and this contributed to a significant part of our excessive expenditure on development, all kinds of risk of security and the island of research and development culture, often in the pursuit of benefits that turned out to be illusory.”
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Ethereum eyes “finality 3-pay” to simplify the consensus
One of the key areas of focus is the Ethereum consensus layer. The most vital thing in this effort is the proposed model “3-pay payments”, which eliminates sophisticated components, such as eras, synchronization committees and shuffling validation.
“The reduced number of active validators at the same time means that it is safer to use the simpler implementation of the fork selection rule,” wrote Baryin.
Other proposed improvements include enabling simpler rules for choosing a fork and adopting a scalable limpid argument of knowledge aggregation (Stark) to decentralize and simplify the coordination of the network.
On the layer of performance, Bemein proposed a shift from the Ethereum (EVM) virtual machine to a simpler, ZK-friendly virtual machine, such as RISC-V. This movement can offer 100x performance improvements for evidence of zero knowledge and significantly simplify the protocol.
RISC-V is the architecture of Open Source (ISA) instructions used When designing computer processors. This is due to the minimalist design philosophy, using a miniature set of straightforward instructions on high performance and easier implementation.
To maintain back compatibility, Buterin suggested launching older EVM contracts based on the RISC-V interpreter, while supporting both virtual machines during the transitional phase.
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Babana calls on the standards of the entire protocol
Buzer was also in favor of standardization of the entire protocol. He suggested adopting the single removal coding method, the format of the serialization (favorable SSZ) and the structure of the tree to reduce the excess complexity and improve the equipment and infrastructure of the ethereum.
“Simplicity is similar to decentralization in many respects,” Baryin wrote. He suggested that Ethereum adopted the goal of a “maximum code” similar to what Tynigrad does, maintaining the critical logic of consensus so slim and scientific.
The remaining non -critical functions would remain, but they are beyond the basic specification.
The Buterin proposal to simplify Ethereum comes when the network continues to lose their market share with competitive blockchains.
During the panel discussion at the Cointelegraph event on May 2, Alex Svanevik, CEO Data Service Nansen, said that the relative domination of Ethereum among the blockchain networks fell.
“If you asked me 3-4 years ago if Ethereum would dominate the crypto, I would say” yes “, said Svanevik during a panel discussion about the length before the Cointelegraph event. “But now it is clear that not what is happening.”
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