Vitalik: The future of Ethereum will evolve from silicon blockchain to a cryptographic world computer chip

According to BlockBeats on September 27, the co-founder of Ethereum , Vitalik Buterin , published an article titled "The cryptographic world computer", suggesting that over the next few years technological evolution will gradually transform Ethereum into a system with fundamental differences in architecture from conventional blockchain . For readers, this is not just a simple roadmap update but answers a more underlying question: how it can be used by developers, node operators and ordinary users when the network no longer merely serves as a ledger but becomes more like a verifiable, scalable, privacy-protecting global computer.

From ledger to computer: three layers of the Ethereum roadmap

Vitalik believes that the current Ethereum already has capabilities such as general computing, PoS, zero-knowledge proof and L2 extensibility. In the future, these capabilities will not remain at different levels but will be further integrated: the network will introduce a tunable compute architecture, multi-party block construction, highly optimized PoS and deep integration into the base layer of zero-knowledge proof .

According to him, by 2030, Ethereum will have changes in its core mechanisms such as transaction validation, consensus, block construction, privacy and computing. The most prominent of these is the verification pathway: from re-downloading and executing blocks to data availability verification via SNARK authentication and PeerDAS. Simply put, nodes no longer need to completely replace all their data but instead use cryptography to prove that a block is trustworthy or available. This would change the threshold for node hardware , which could also affect how the network maintains decentralized .

Building blocks and consensus: from single entity to multi-stakeholder

This change is directly related to transaction ordering, block production power and network fairness. If the construction of blocks continues to be dominated by a minority of actors, it will be difficult for ordinary nodes and developers to determine whether transactions are prioritized; The introduction of multi-party participation may reduce the risk of single point control and bring the process of entering the block closer to verifiable collaboration.

In terms of consensus, Vitalik proposes a shift from PoW to highly optimized PoS. Combined with common sense background, Ethereum has previously moved from Proof of Work to Proof of Stake . The next phase focuses not on whether or not the PoS is flawed, but rather on making PoS more efficient, safer and better suited for large-scale node validation.

Hegota, Recursive STARK versus Anti-Quantum: The last of the traditional upgrades?

Vitalik stated that the Hegota upgrade may be Ethereum 's last attempt at breaking tradition with hard fork . After this, recursive STARK, automated formalized verification and optimization of consensus mechanism as well as anti-quantum technologies will become major development directions. Recursion to Starks can compress complex computational proofs into more easily verifiable evidence while automatic formalized validation is used for early detection of protocol logic flaws.

He further argues that the decentralized network of future Ethereum will not only be used for security and anti-censorship, but may also enhance performance through parallel storage, parallel computing, and privacy protection. This means that a computer node in the cryptographic world is not an abstract slogan, but merges elements such as blockchain , encryption, privacy, verifiable compute, and decentralized .