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Scalability

Feb 03 Reports
Ethereum Scaling: An Evolving and Strengthening L1–L2 Relationship Ethereum isn’t moving away from L2s—it’s entering a stronger phase where L1 scaling and L2 innovation advance together. As Ethereum…
Vitalik Buterin4 min
Oct 15 Reports
Understanding the Implications of the Ethereum Gas Limit Increase Executive Summary Context & Technical Background (Business-Relevant) Ethereum’s Road to Fusaka Ethereum’s scaling roadmap (often framed as the “Surge /…
EMRC11 min
Oct 14 Opinion
The New L1s Are Just Alternative Chains, Not L1 Killers The “new corporate L1s” being launched by payments and stablecoin giants aren’t substitutes for a general-purpose, credibly neutral base layer…
William Mougayar5 min
Jul 01 Reports
Understanding EIP-7732: Parallelization and Deterministic Execution in Ethereum EIP-7732 proposes a significant architectural change to Ethereum by decoupling transaction ordering from execution to enable safe, deterministic parallel execution.…
EMRC1 min