🚀 Good evening everyone, Ethereum is gearing up for a major upgrade!
On May 7, 2025, the Ethereum blockchain will take another leap forward with the arrival of Pectra, an update that merges two essential advancements: 🔹 Prague – Enhancing the execution layer 🔹 Electra – Strengthening the consensus layer
Key Improvements:
✅ Account Abstraction – Standard accounts can be converted into smart contract-based accounts, simplifying transactions
✅ Gas Fee Sponsorship – No more mandatory ETH payments; stablecoins like USDC and DAI will be accepted.
✅ Enhanced Scalability – Increased transaction capacity on Layer 2, reducing costs and speeding up processing
✅ Improved Security – Introduction of Verkle Trees and the PeerDAS system to make the network more efficient and resilient
For those unfamiliar with these technologies:
🔹 Verkle Trees are an advanced data structure that allows Ethereum nodes to reduce the amount of stored data while maintaining their ability to validate blocks. Unlike Merkle Trees, Verkle Trees store more compact proofs, making node synchronization easier. Validators can operate without storing the entire blockchain state, reducing hardware requirements and improving decentralization. Plus, they enable lighter block verification, accelerating transaction processing.
🔹 PeerDAS (Peer Data Availability Sampling) is a mechanism that lets Ethereum nodes verify data availability without storing it entirely. ✅ Improved Scalability—Nodes can ensure that data is accessible without downloading it in full ✅ Lower Costs – Reduced storage needs mean lower operational costs for validators.
✅ Stronger Security – Ensures transaction data remains available to all network participants, enhancing reliability
These technologies are key to making Ethereum faster, lighter, and more accessible.
This update follows The Merge (2022) and Dencun (2024), aiming to make the network even more efficient and user-friendly.
💬 What do you think? Will this breakthrough revolutionize the crypto ecosystem?
Let me know if you want any refinements or adjustments! 🚀🔥
This looks like ChatGPT, but it is good information. Can you provide any more Human input on this subject? Do you think Ethereum has a future or are they just trying to patch the ship before it drowns? Is ETH actually unstoppable or is it a bonfire in slow motion? What is Ethereum exactly?
It does look like ChatGPT! Maybe that's because I'm a French speaker and I use ChatGPT to translate and correct my posts from French to English. Now, to answer your questions:
Does Ethereum have a future? I'd say yes — but not without challenges. The transition to Ethereum 2.0 (with Proof of Stake) was a huge step forward in improving energy efficiency and scalability. However, there are still issues with congestion, transaction (gas) fees, and above all, increasingly fierce competition (like Solana, Avalanche, etc.).
As for the idea that they’re just “patching the ship,” I get it. Ethereum sometimes seems to be chasing its problems instead of staying ahead of them. But that's also the price of being a pioneer — you build as you go.
Is ETH unstoppable? Nothing truly is. But its strength lies in its community, its adoption level, and its continuous innovation. Is it a bonfire in slow motion? Maybe — if its problems aren’t addressed in time. But for now, it's still one of the main pillars of the blockchain world.
In short, Ethereum isn’t perfect, but it continues to lay the foundations for a more decentralized internet. And that, at its core, is its real value — wouldn’t you say?