Ethereum and Layer-2 Solutions to Exceed 100,000 TPS with ‘Surge’ Upgrade: Buterin
Key
Points:
-
Ethereum
aims
for
over
100,000
TPS
with
the
upcoming
Surge
upgrade. -
Vitalik
Buterin
highlights
enhancing
interoperability
across
Layer-2
blockchains. -
Rollup-centric
development
remains
crucial,
despite
new
challenges. -
Improving
user
experience
and
maintaining
decentralization
are
top
priorities.
Vitalik
Buterin’s
Vision
for
Ethereum
Scaling
with
the
‘Surge’
Ethereum
co-founder
Vitalik
Buterin
has
shared
the
next
major
step
in
Ethereum’s
evolution—an
upgrade
called
the
“Surge,”
designed
to
push
Ethereum
and
its
Layer-2
networks (L2s)networks (L2s)“>
networks
(L2s)
to
a
new
level
of
scalability.
In
a
blog
post
on
October
17,
Buterin
outlined
his
ambitious
goal
of
achieving
over
100,000
transactions
per
second
(TPS)
across
Ethereum’s
ecosystem,
with
a
key
focus
on
enhancing
interoperability
between
Layer-2
solutions.
Buterin
emphasized
the
importance
of
making
Ethereum
feel
like
one
cohesive
ecosystem,
rather
than
a
fragmented
collection
of
blockchains.
He
noted,
“Ethereum
should
feel
like
one
ecosystem,
not
34
different
blockchains.”
To
achieve
this,
both
scalability
and
smooth
inter-chain
communication
need
to
be
prioritized.
Challenges
and
Solutions
on
Ethereum’s
Scaling
Journey
Buterin
acknowledged
that
while
Ethereum’s
rollup-centric
roadmap
has
shown
promise—especially
following
the
Dencun
upgrade
earlier
this
year—it
has
also
introduced
some
new
hurdles.
The
Dencun
upgrade,
which
included
the
Shanghai
and
Cancun-Dened
upgrades,
brought
scaling
enhancements
like
“blobs”
for
more
efficient
data
handling
and
reduced
Layer-2
transaction
fees.
However,
critics
have
argued
that
L2s
are
drawing
users
away
from
Ethereum’s
mainnet,
raising
concerns
about
security
risks
and
changes
to
the
economic
dynamics
of
Ether
(ETH).
To
overcome
these
issues,
Buterin
proposed
several
advancements.
One
key
area
is
improving
data
availability
sampling,
data
compression,
and
making
L2s
more
“trustless,”
similar
to
Ethereum’s
mainnet.
The
development
of
trustless
rollups
has
been
slow
due
to
concerns
about
code
vulnerabilities,
but
Buterin
stressed
that
these
are
necessary
for
Ethereum
to
scale
effectively.
He
also
noted
that
Ethereum’s
base
layer
(Layer-1)
must
scale
alongside
L2s
to
avoid
bottlenecks
in
processing
capacity.
While
increasing
the
gas
limit
could
address
this,
it
also
poses
risks
of
centralization
as
the
costs
for
validators
would
increase.
Buterin
suggested
more
refined
solutions,
such
as
optimizing
gas
pricing
and
introducing
cheaper
computational
processes,
to
avoid
compromising
decentralization.
User
Experience
and
the
Future
of
Ethereum
Buterin
highlighted
the
need
for
Ethereum’s
user
experience
to
improve
as
L2s
grow
in
importance.
He
acknowledged
the
frustration
many
users
feel
when
interacting
with
different
L2
networks,
stating
that
if
L2s
are
to
be
considered
part
of
Ethereum,
their
usage
must
be
seamless.
This
includes
simplifying
the
process
of
transferring
assets
across
L2s,
which
currently
involves
cumbersome
steps
like
manually
bridging
or
swapping
tokens
to
pay
for
gas
fees.
A
long-standing
part
of
Ethereum’s
development
has
been
the
idea
of
using
sharding
to
scale
the
network.
However,
in
2020,
Buterin
shifted
away
from
this
approach
in
favor
of
rollups—Layer-2
solutions
that
execute
and
compute
transactions
off
the
main
Ethereum
chain
but
retain
its
security.
The
task
now
is
to
fully
realize
this
rollup-centric
roadmap
while
maintaining
the
decentralization
and
robustness
that
make
Ethereum
unique.
As
Ethereum
continues
its
path
toward
the
Surge,
achieving
a
unified
ecosystem
capable
of
handling
over
100,000
TPS
will
be
critical
to
staying
competitive
in
the
evolving
blockchain
landscape.
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