Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently outlined the future steps towards streamlining the Ethereum protocol and reducing the resource requirements for nodes, in a process known as the Purge. This initiative is a crucial phase in Ethereum’s evolution, aimed at eliminating obsolete network history and simplifying the system over time. By discarding old data, the Purge significantly cuts down on the storage needs for nodes and reduces the protocol’s technical complexity. During the Dencun hard fork, the implementation of Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP)-6780 marked a significant step towards simplification by phasing out many functions of the “SELFDESTRUCT” code. Buterin highlighted the … Continue reading Ethereum Co-founder Vitalik Buterin Announces ‘The Purge’ to Streamline Network and Enhance Decentralization