According to the Odaily Planet Daily report, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published a post discussing the next steps to simplify the Ethereum protocol and reduce the load of node resources. Vitalik mentioned that EIP-6780 in the Dencun hard fork removes most of the functionality of the SELFDESTRUCT opcode, simplifying the protocol and adding security guarantees. He also cited other ongoing "purge" initiatives, including Geth dropping support for the pre-merger network, EIP-161 establishing the fact that empty accounts no longer need to be worried about, and the 18-day storage window for blobs in Dencun. Vitalik also discussed areas that may need further "purification", including precompilation, history logging (EIP-4444), LOG reform, and moving to SSZ.