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These priorities include Merge (strong proof-of-stake consensus), Surge (target of 100,000 transactions per second across Ethereum and layer 2 networks), Scourge (mitigating risks associated with MEV and liquid pooling), Verge (easier block verification), and Purge. (protocol simplification) and Splurge (everything else).
Vitalik is his Thread of Xendorsed single-slot finality (SSF) as “the easiest path to address the current weaknesses of many Ethereum (proof-of-stake) designs” and praised the progress made in implementing the L2 network and Verkle tree.
Vitalik also explained how the Scourge has been reprioritized against Ethereum’s economic centralization in two key “theaters”: MEV and floating stake pooling. The growth of Lido, an Ethereum staking service, has raised concerns about economic centralization on Ethereum since the blockchain transitioned to a proof-of-stake consensus.
Aside from other small changes, the core priorities of the Ethereum ecosystem remain the same as last year’s outline. Vitalik declined to estimate a timeline for ecosystem change, but the changes were roughly ordered by priority.
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