Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, published his latest article yesterday (17th), sharing his plans for the future progress of Ethereum and listing the key goals of the "The Surge" phase of the upgrade roadmap - striving to transform Ethereum's " The number of transactions per second (TPS) increased to 100,000."

In Vitalik Buterin's vision, "The Surge" has 4 key goals:

  1. In the future, Ethereum can reach more than 100,000 TPS through Layer2;

  2. Maintain the decentralization and robustness of Layer1;

  3. At least part of Layer 2 must fully inherit the core attributes of Ethereum (trustless, open, censorship-resistant);

  4. Ethereum should feel like a unified ecosystem, not 34 separate blockchains.

Vitalik Buterin mentioned in the article that he hopes to achieve a major leap in TPS through a "Rollup-centric" roadmap that combines Layer 2 expansion solutions, advanced data availability sampling and data compression technology to improve efficiency.

He further pointed out: "The Rollup-centric roadmap proposes a simple division of labor: Ethereum Layer 1 focuses on becoming a powerful and decentralized base layer, while Layer 2 takes on the task of assisting the ecosystem expansion."

This model is ubiquitous in society: the court system (for example, Layer 1) does not exist to pursue ultra-high speed and ultra-efficiency, but to protect contracts and property rights; while entrepreneurs (for example, Layer 2) must build on this solid foundation Build on it.

Vitalik Buterin added that although "directly increasing the gas limit of Ethereum" is the simplest way to expand, the process will inevitably lead to Layer 1 becoming more centralized, thereby weakening the credibility of Layer 1 as a stable base layer.

He therefore advocated a more detailed approach, including diversified pricing of Gas fees, setting different basic fees and limits for computing, data and storage; and the introduction of a more efficient Ethereum Object Format (EOF, new EVM bytecode Format).​

Vitalik Buterin also pointed out the barriers between different Layer2 in the article. He emphasized:

Ethereum should feel like a unified ecosystem, not 34 separate blockchains.

In this regard, he made a number of suggestions on how to promote cross-Layer2 interoperability, including introducing a unified identification method in addresses to identify and distinguish different blockchains (such as Layer1, Optimism, Arbitrum, etc.), When users send transactions across Layer 2, the wallet can automatically identify how to handle the transfer process, including the use of bridging protocols.

He wrote in the article: "If we truly believe that Layer 2 is part of Ethereum, then we should make everyone use Layer 2 feel like they are using a smoothly integrated Ethereum ecosystem."

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