The following is a guest post by Rostyslav Bortman, founder of Ethereum Ukraine.
While 2024 has been a year of technical success for Ethereum, it has also been a year of financial disappointment.
On the one hand, Dencun has finally been deployed and its activity on the layer 2 network of the ecosystem It has soared Number 4.
On the other hand, Ethereum is starting to lag behind Solana in terms of the number of developers, and ETH’s dynamics are not meeting investor expectations.
Nonetheless, Ethereum’s technical structure ensures strong expectations for growth. Today we already have all the tools to create more convenient and efficient solutions. What remains a challenge is their implementation.
In this article, we look at the key changes Ethereum will face in 2025 and how new technological concepts and an increasing focus on real-world applications may shape the protocol. Truly user friendly to the public.
Native interoperability of L2 clusters
Today, most projects operating on multiple rollups must rely on bridges (e.g. full) or custom solutions to interact across networks. no legitimate Native interoperability – It all involves a separate protocol for manually stitching the ecosystem.
But by 2025 I expect it Basic interoperability At least it appears clearly L2 cluster (super chains, elastic chains, aggregate layers). This means that transactions and data can move quickly and reliably between different rollups without bridges, central oracles, or intermediaries.
In fact, Vitalik Buterin believes that the main problem remains the lack of a unified cross-chain standard that would be accepted by most rollups. But even without this Built-in interoperability will be formed A new story from Layer 2 You can attract more resources and attract more attention to this topic.
And groundbreaking products emerge only from the energy of their developers. New standards for interoperability between rollups could be the key to better distributed applications and true Web3 innovation.
EIP-7702: A new level of UX and security for Ethereum
If you follow Ethereum’s development, you’ve definitely heard of it. EIP-7702This is one of the most important suggestions for improving UX and account security. Actually, it is evolution EIP-4337However, there is basic integration at the protocol layer.
What does this actually mean? EOA Account (Traditional wallets like MetaMask) can execute arbitrary code within a transaction. Simply put, they actually AA Wallet (Account Abstraction, EIP-4337). This opens up many new opportunities.
- transaction placement – Say goodbye to dozens of approvals and multi-step depar operations, all can be done within a single transaction.
- Pay for gas in USDC – Now you don’t need to hold ETH for commissions.
- Advanced security solutions Things like multi-factor authentication, social account recovery, and other use cases become standard.
Therefore, Ethereum will become more convenient and accessible, removing restrictions for billions of users. If this suggestion is implemented a a true revolution In Web3 UX and Security.
Time to create a DAPP
Everyone sees it, and now it’s finally time to act. The Ethereum community has been focused on the infrastructure layer for too long, losing sight of what really matters to users. application. Ethereum is busy with its modularity and new L2 architecture, but powerful alternatives have emerged. actual product.
It’s time Pay attention to the development of decentralized applications that streamline tangible utilities.. Projects such as WARPCAST,,, Farcade Games,,, traffic jam,,, polymarketAnd others show how to build convenient services on blockchain. Of course we can’t ignore AI agent It will become an important element of the ecosystem.
This trend will be the main focus of the new Hackathon. We have Zero1 Labs and Ideasoft on board in Kyiv. We will be dedicated to the development and implementation of AI agents in the blockchain ecosystem.
But there is another “but”. The application must devise all the technical complexities of modular Ethereum for users.. This has been one of the biggest challenges for the ecosystem in recent years. Today, if you have an underlying asset and need to conduct a transaction on Arbitrum, you face difficulties. Yes, overall and other blockchain protocols partially solve this problem, but only under certain conditions.
- If the amount is not too big
- If the solver has sufficient liquidity (i.e. the token is not popular, but popular by some note),
- Unless it’s ALTVM that generally lives by its own rules.
It will be a decentralized application extendedThey simply have to function convenientlybut Invisibly To users. This is what the Ethereum ecosystem lacks today, and this is where the future lies.
What do you expect in 2025?
Applications that completely hide the technical complexity of the UX and prevent users from thinking about whether they have ETH or USDC stored in the L2.
Yes, basic interoperability is importantBut the most important thing is that it is no longer the future, but reality. Most of the tools needed to create such an experience are already exists.
Despite this, we still don’t see drastic changes in UX. Web3 is still inconvenient for mass users. Let’s hope 2025 is the moment when this situation finally starts to change.