👉👉👉 Report Highlights #Ethereum ’s Potentially Dangerous back-end
Ethereum's Correlation Risks & the Upcoming Pecta Upgrade
Overview
- A recent report by the Liquid Collective & Obol highlights potential correlation risks that could impact Ethereum's Pecta upgrade in 2025. To maintain stability, the report emphasizes the need for improved diversity in cloud providers, operators, & clients.
Key Risks Identified
1. Correlation Penalties: Ethereum's correlated slashing model poses risks if multiple validators are controlled by a single operator. Simultaneous slashing leads to higher penalties, which can destabilize the network.
2. Non-Malicious Slashing Causes: Node slashing can occur due to geographical cloud outages, software bugs, or unintentional downtimes. Large-scale slashing from these events can destabilize Ethereum.
3. Compounding Risks:
- Client Diversity: The dominant use of the Geth client (84%) increases risk. Greater diversity in clients would mitigate potential widespread issues.
- Geographical Distribution: Concentration in Western Europe & the US, & reliance on AWS, make the network vulnerable to regional outages.
- Validator Set Concentration: A more distributed validator set would reduce risk.
4. Distributed Validator Technology (DVT): Limited adoption of DVT, which spreads key management across multiple parties, increasing resilience & reducing single points of failure.
Future Proposals
- The report suggests refining Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) to better address correlation penalties & enhance security.
Solidity Security Concerns
- #SUI🔥🔥🔥🔥 founder Evan Cheng criticized Ethereum’s programming language, Solidity, for its inherent security flaws, particularly reentrancy vulnerabilities. He argues that Solidity’s dynamic nature makes it prone to hacks.
Conclusion
To ensure Ethereum's resilience, it's crucial to address correlation risks by diversifying cloud providers, operators, & clients, improving security protocols, & adopting Distributed Validator Technology.
Source - bravenewcoin.com
