Vitalik Buterin promotes the preservation of minimalism of the Ethereum blockchain

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Vitalik Buterin, Mitbegründer von Ethereum, warnte vor einer „Überlastung“ des gesellschaftlichen Konsenses von Ethereum – die, wenn man sie entmutigt oder sich widersetzt, „hohe systemische Risiken für das Ökosystem“ mit sich bringen könnte. Buterin räumte zwar den „natürlichen Drang“ ein, zu versuchen, die Kernfunktionalität der Ethereum-Blockchain zu erweitern, fügte jedoch hinzu, dass solche Maßnahmen letztendlich dazu führen könnten, dass die Konsensschicht fragiler wird. Risiken einer Überlastung der Konsensschicht Im Laufe der Jahre sind mehrere Vorschläge aufgetaucht, die die Nutzung des gesellschaftlichen Konsenses von Ethereum für andere Zwecke vorschlagen, darunter Preis- und Datenorakel, Re-Stake-Initiativen und die Verwendung von Layer-1-Soft-Forks zur Wiederherstellung …
Vitalik Buterin, co -founder of Ethereum, warned of an "overload" of the social consensus of Ethereum - which, if you discourage it or contradicts it, could bring "high systemic risks for the ecosystem". Buterin admitted the "natural urge" to try to expand the core functionality of the Ethereum blockchain, but added that such measures could ultimately lead to the fact that the consensus layer becomes more fragile. Risks of overloading the consensus layer over the years have appeared that suggests the use of the social consensus of Ethereum for other purposes, including price and data oracle, re-stake initiatives and the use of layer-1-soft-forks for restoring ... (Symbolbild/KNAT)

Vitalik Buterin, co -founder of Ethereum, warned of an "overload" of the social consensus of Ethereum - which, if you discourage it or opposes it, could bring "high systemic risks for the ecosystem".

but gave the "natural urge" to try to expand the core functionality of the Ethereum blockchain, but added that such measures could ultimately lead to the fact that the consensus layer becomes fragile.

risks of overloading the consensus layer

Over the years, several suggestions have appeared that propose the use of the social consensus of Ethereum for other purposes, including price and data oracle, re-stake initiatives and the use of Layer-1-Soft Fores to restore layer-2 projects. However, the co -founder of Ethereum warned of such an idea and explained:

"For projects at the application level, it goes without saying that such a strategy is often presented, and in fact such ideas are often simply thought without being aware of the risks, but the result can easily deviate from the goals of the community as a whole."

In the latest blog post entitled "Do not overload the Ethereum consensus", Bot Beterin offered some possible solutions for coping with risks, such as: B. price oracles, either "not quite crypto-economic decentralized oracle" or oracle based on validator votes, which expressly commit their emergency restoration strategies not only on the L1 consensus.

but also pointed out that more complex truth oracles could be regarded as a solution, since the focus would be on reporting on facts that are more subjective than the price. He added that it would be "a kind of decentralized court system" that builds on a not quite crypto -economic DAO.

It is also important to minimize the dependence on cross-chain bridges, since these protocols have become an attractive goal for malicious units.

minimalism

but said that every expansion of the "duties" of the Ethereum consensus triggered an increase in costs, the complexity and the risks when operating a validator. He argued that the maintenance of the minimalism of the chain should be the focus, which can be achieved by the support of re-stake applications that do not look like slippery slopes to expand the role of Ethereum consensus.

He also emphasized how important it is to help developers find alternative strategies for achieving their security goals.

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