For years, Ethereum has embarked on a frantic race for complexity, multiplying features and technical layers. But today, Vitalik Buterin, its visionary co -founder, offers a homecoming: simplifying the protocol to make it more readable, more stable, almost as simple as Bitcoin. A paradigm change? Maybe. But above all, a vital necessity at a time when Ethereum wants to remain the reference layer 1 for layer 2 solutions and the digital assets of the future.
In short
- Vitalik wants to simplify the heart of Ethereum, by limiting the critical code as in Bitcoin.
- RISC-V could replace the EVM, with ZK performance gains estimated at X100.
- The unification around SSZ and a single Merkle tree targets more readability and efficiency.
- Vision: Strengthen layer 1 to remain the sovereign base of assets and L2.
Return to simplicity: Vitalik Buterin's crusade
Vitalik Buterin's goal is clear: Make Ethereum an understandable protocol “” by an intelligent high school student ». For that, he wishes limit the critical code to the essentialslike Bitcoin. THE consensus in “3-subloty-finish” is one of the keys to this simplification. This model Eliminates complex components such as eras, synchronization committees and the reshuffle of validators. Result: a simpler, more readable and faster consensus than the current Gasper protocol.
Buterin underlines that ” A basic implementation of the 3-Slot Finality holds in 200 lines of code ». Less lines of code means fewer bugs, a broader involvement of developers and a reduction in technical elitism.
Sassal.eth adds:
A simplified L1 also makes solo Staking more accessible.
RISC-V: to a faster and universal virtual machine
L'Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) has become A technical nightmare : 256 -bit architecture, unnecessary opcodes, costly maintenance. Buterin offers a radical jump: replace the EVM with RISC-V, a simple and standardized virtual machine. This transition could offer Performance gains estimated at X100 for zero knowledge (ZK)while reducing the need to maintain complex precompiulations.
The transition would be soft : An interpreter EVM on-chain would allow cohabitation with the old contracts. Sassal.eth recalls the importance of this evolution:
We want tokens to be natively deployed on the L1.
Key points:
- RISC-V is already used in many on-board processors;
- Risc-V specification is ten times shorter than that of the EVM;
- Ethereum could delete most precompilations with this change;
- Ultimately, Ethereum would natively understand only the RISC-V, not the EVM.
Harmonization: a single standard for all Ethereum
Currently, Ethereum uses several serialization formats and Merkle trees structures. Buterin wishes unify these elements around SSZ for storage, transmission and execution. It also offers to adopt a single error correction code for all functions (DAS, P2P, storage). The goal is to reduce duplication, maximize verifiability and improve the readability of the system.
Sassal.eth insists on the importance of this unification:
All digital assets should be issued natively on the L1.
Buterin sums up this vision by declaring:
The goal is to move the maximum complexity outside the consensus.
Ethereum aspires to become a solid base, a limpid base for a larger ecosystem. By thinking about his layer 1, he hopes to attract developers, asset transmitters and restore confidence. Buterin, already the author of a decisive plan for the survival of his Propment Blockchain, sees far, Sassal.eth too. And while the world turns to layer 2 solutions, Ethereum strengthens its foundations to better remain the center of gravity of decentralization.
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