#VitalikButerin addressed three big issues risking Ethereum's decentralization: MEV, liquid staking, and node costs.
📢 He backed Peter Szilágyi's concerns and highlighted two MEV strategies: "minimization" (e.g., CowSwap) and "quarantine," noting the latter may centralize risks.
📝 #Buterin noted individual staking is unpopular due to high entry costs (32 $ETH ) and hefty hardware demands (4 TB). He suggested lowering deposit sizes and withdrawal times to make staking more accessible.
✔️ To ease node requirements, he advocated for Verkle trees and EIP-4444. In his opinion, future progress might come from ZK-EVM, eliminating computations with proofs only.
👀 More details here.
