On Dec. 30, 2023, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin shared the Ethereum roadmap for 2024, pointing out that there are only a handful of minor adjustments compared to last year.
In a thread on the X social network, Buterin detailed in a series of charts and diagrams revealing that the continued focus for Ethereum in 2024 is on six main components – the Merge, the Surge, the Scourge, the Verge, the Purge and the Splurge.
Here was the one from last year. Notice that it’s actually quite similar! As Ethereum’s technical path forward continues to solidify, there are relatively few changes. I’ll go through the important ones.https://t.co/F1MpfNdfa7
— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) December 30, 2023
The Merge was highlighted as a key section on the roadmap, aiming to maintain a simple and resilient proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus. It took place in September 2022 integrating the Ethereum mainnet with the PoS blockchain the Beacon Chain.
The Surge targets 100,000 transactions per second across Ethereum and layer 2 networks and aims to enhance the blockchain’s scalability.
The Scourge focuses on mitigating risks related to Maximal extractable value (MEV) and liquid pooling, addressing concerns about economic centralization within the Ethereum ecosystem.
Buterin also endorsed single-slot finality (SSF) as a crucial solution for Ethereum’s current weaknesses and praised advancements in layer 2 networks and Verkle tree implementations. Finality aims to ensure that changes to a blockchain block are irreversible without burning at least 33% of the total staked Ether (ETH).
Significant progress on the Surge (rollup scaling) this year, both on EIP-4844 and from rollups themselves.https://t.co/uEjd2VETQU continues to be a good page to follow.
Also, cross-rollup standards and interop has been highlighted as an area for long-term improvements. pic.twitter.com/ixUsZEo7pi
— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) December 30, 2023
The Purge seeks to make the protocol easy to use, and the Verge aims to facilitate easier block verification while the Splurge encompasses all other elements crucial for Ethereum’s growth.
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