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During a recent event in London, Ethereum’s co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, described the upcoming changes to Ethereum using terms like “the purge, the splurge, and the scourge.”
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On March 14, luminaries from the Ethereum community gathered in London for ETHGlobal’s Pragma conference. With speakers like Vitalik Buterin, Justin Drake, Sergey Nazarov, and Stani Kulechov leading the discussions, attendees were eager to learn about Ethereum’s direction post-Dencun upgrade.
Buterin highlighted that the Ethereum ecosystem is undergoing a significant transition, shifting focus from core developer-centric advancements to enhancing usability and layer-2 solutions like zkSync, Arbitrum, and Optimism.
Roll-ups, as key players in this transition, are L2 solutions that enhance scalability and efficiency without compromising security by processing and storing transaction data on a sidechain before bundling them onto the main Ethereum chain.
Buterin emphasized the need for Ethereum to become leaner and more agile, referring to this as the “purge.” He also mentioned the “splurge,” involving improvements to the Ethereum Virtual Machine and advanced cryptography, and the “scourge,” aimed at mitigating economic centralization risks.
Despite the advancements within Ethereum, Solana remains a dominant force in terms of DEX volume, outperforming Ethereum mainnet and its L2 solutions.
Justin Drake from the Ethereum Foundation discussed the potential of Ethereum sharding and shared infrastructure components to enhance the network’s performance. The focus now shifts towards creating more user-friendly and accessible applications for end-users.
With a renewed emphasis on user experience, Ethereum aims to evolve into a more secure, scalable, and accessible platform for its growing community and the broader digital ecosystem. Challenges lie ahead, especially with formidable competition from Solana, but Ethereum remains committed to its foundational goals.
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