Vitalik Buterin Lays Out A Plan To Make Ethereum 1,000 Times More Capable

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin released a technical roadmap called the 'Strawmap' outlining how Ethereum could scale to handle 1,000 times its current transaction capacity. The plan includes near-term upgrades like the 'Glamsterdam' protocol upgrade and longer-term implementation of zero-knowledge EVMs, while maintaining decentralization by not requiring more powerful hardware for node operators.

• →Vitalik Buterin's roadmap proposes scaling Ethereum to 1,000x current capacity without pricing out smaller node operators.
• →The 'Glamsterdam' upgrade will introduce block-level access lists allowing parallel block processing and improved efficiency.
• →Zero-knowledge EVMs could allow validators to check cryptographic proofs instead of re-running every transaction, significantly reducing computational requirements.
• →State growth is addressed separately with independent tracking of state creation gas to reflect real long-term storage costs.
• →The 1,000x scaling is a long-term ceiling dependent on successful implementation of each phase, not a near-term promise.