After Ethereum switched from POW to POS mechanism, the threshold for running nodes has increased. From the past when everyone could participate, it has become necessary to stake 32 Ethereums before applying to become a validator node to participate in staking mining. Now there are standards such as NORS. It can be said that the threshold for Ethereum nodes is getting higher and higher. In the future, only large service providers and high capital can operate.

With the listing of Ethereum spot ETF, it is obvious that the Ethereum community has introduced node review risk standards in order to meet institutional requirements and supervision, and abandoned anti-censorship, and the degree of decentralization will be reduced.

Currently, Ethereum developers are discussing the inclusion of EIP-7251 in the Pectra upgrade. EIP-7251 increases the maximum stake of validators from 32 ETH to 2048 ETH, allowing large staking providers to integrate their stakes, reduce the number of validators, and thus reduce the burden on the network. However, the community currently has different positions on including it in the upgrade, and is worried that it may lead to aggravated centralization problems and reduced participation of small validators.

Once the US ETH spot ETF can be staked, the spring of Ethereum is here!