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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin unveiled a bold plan to simplify Ethereum’s base protocol aiming to boost efficiency security and accessibility. His blog post titled “Simplifying the L1” outlined a vision inspired by Bitcoin’s minimalism calling for a leaner and more resilient Ethereum.
Buterin proposed a major revamp of Ethereum’s architecture including a shift to a simpler RISC-V-based virtual machine and the adoption of “3-slot finality” to streamline consensus. These changes promise to reduce bugs lower development costs and enhance performance particularly for zero-knowledge proofs.
He also called for standardizing key components like serialization formats and erasure coding to cut unnecessary complexity. Emphasizing the need to make Ethereum’s core logic lighter and more auditable Buterin’s plan champions decentralization and scalability. The move comes as Ethereum faces stiff competition from faster more streamlined blockchains.
