According to TechFlow, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently responded to questions raised by Ethereum core developer Péter Szilágyi regarding the network's decentralization and verification mechanism.
Regarding how validators can obtain 32MB of blob transaction data every 12 seconds, Buterin proposed two possible strategies: each validator is only responsible for building 1/16 of the block, or the validator only performs DAS checks without fully downloading the data.
Regarding the issue of Verkle tree design not deleting storage slots, Buterin said that the impact of deleting storage slots is already quite small. He denied the claim of abandoning the transaction pool, emphasizing that this is an outdated idea that is inconsistent with the current research direction of Ethereum.
Buterin acknowledged that the Execution Layer (EL) is not required for verification, but stressed that this does not mean making it difficult for most people to run the EL. He pointed out that using SNARKs technology may enable more users to achieve full verification.
Buterin stressed that the key goal of validators is to avoid concentration of power, especially in terms of consensus rule validation, fork selection, and transaction inclusion. He believes that there is no need to re-execute the EVM cycle during witness-only periods.
