The co-founder Ethereum Vitalik Buterin urged the blockchain community to rethink the network design approach, putting pressure for a more minimalist and effective structure.
In a blog article published on May 3, Buterin argued that Ethereum should adopt a simpler protocol model, similar to that of Bitcoin, to improve efficiency, scalability and security.
Buterin praises the simplicity of Bitcoin
Buterin describe The current system of Ethereum as too complex, warning that its technical depth increases costs, isolates research efforts and increases the probability of serious bugs.
The Ethereum co-founder also stressed that the current design centralizes too much control among a small group of technically advanced contributors. He argued that this approach undermines the philosophy of decentralization of the network.
To meet these challenges, Buterin offers to simplify the protocol on all network layers in the next five years. Thus, he suggests that Ethereum is inspired by Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.
“Even an intelligent high school student is able to end fully and understand the Bitcoin protocol. A programmer is able to write a client as a pastime project,” wrote Buterin.
According to Buterin, the simplification of the protocol will make Ethereum more resilient, will reduce the infrastructure costs and reduce the entrance barrier for the developers.
He also concluded that simplicity should be treated as a fundamental value, a bit like decentralization. He thinks that Ethereum must prioritize the design choices that promote clarity, robustness and long -term sustainability.
How can Ethereum reduce its complexity?
To reach this vision, Buterin has highlighted three key areas where Ethereum can reduce complexity.
First, he recommended changes to the consensus layer, in particular by rationalizing the purpose system and reducing the number of validators. These steps, he said, would reduce operational costs and accelerate network consensus.
He stressed that the consensus layer is devoted to a loose way of the Ethereum execution system. This separation gives developers more flexibility to implement improvements without breaking the basic features.
“The right thing about the consensus layer is that it is relatively disconnected from the execution of the EVM, which means that there is a relatively wide latitude to continue to bring these types of improvements,” said Buterin.
The second focuses on the revision of the Ethereum virtual machine (EVM).
To do this, Buterin recommends introducing RISC-V, a simpler and more efficient IT architecture, as an alternative execution option. It also plans a future where developers can write contracts using RISC-V alongside the EVM.
In addition, he suggested replacing the precompted with canonical implementation on the chain. He also proposed to build an EVM interpreter based on RISC-V to support future upgrades with better maintainability.
Finally, he called for normalization between the components of the protocol. Instead of using different tools for similar functions, Ethereum could adopt an erasure code, a serialization format and a Merkle tree. This unified approach would help reduce redundancy and improve network clarity.
“There are generally very little or no advantages to use different protocols to do the same thing in different places, but such models appear anyway, largely because different parts of the protocol road card do not speak to each other,” said Buterin.
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