Odaily Planet News: Vitalik Buterin stated that Ethereum is now practically close to solving the long-standing "blockchain trilemma." He pointed out that two key upgrades, PeerDAS and ZK-EVM, are transforming Ethereum into a "completely new, more powerful decentralized network." Vitalik noted that PeerDAS has already been launched on the mainnet in 2025, while ZK-EVM is still in the phase of refining its security. However, in terms of performance, it has already reached production-level readiness, and is expected to be used on a small scale on the network starting in 2026.
Vitalik further outlined that in the coming years, Ethereum will gradually achieve a balance between decentralization, security, and high throughput by increasing the gas limit, optimizing the state structure, and introducing more ZK-EVM-based verification methods. He emphasized that this is not just a theoretical concept, but a long-term engineering achievement built upon already operational code. Vitalik also noted that Ethereum has been investing nearly 10 years in addressing data availability and scalability issues, and this vision is now gradually becoming a reality. (Cointelegraph)