Vitalik Buterin Unveils Ethereum Consensus Limitations
Ethereum Inihayag ng Vitalik Buterin ang Mga Limitasyon ng Consensus ng Ethereum 2 minuto ang nakalipas Balita ng Ethereum ng Bitcoin Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published a blog post on May 21, 2023, warning against the potential dangers of “stretching” Ethereums consensus mechanism beyond its core functions of validating blocks and securing the network. The consensus mechanism is the process by which blocks are validated using the proof-of-stake mechanism that was implemented in September 2022 with “the Merge”. Buterin cautioned that using ETHs network consensus for other purposes could pose “high systemic risks to the ecosystem and should be discouraged and resisted.” The co-founder went on to explain that over the years, several proposals or ideas have been floated around suggesting the use of Ethereum social consensus for other purposes, such as price and data oracles, re-staking initiatives, and using layer-1 soft forks to recover layer-2 projects should they have any issues. However, he believes that extending the blockchains core with more functionality could make the core itself more fragile. Buterin expressed concern about a certain subset of these techniques, which he believes could bring “high systemic risks” to the ecosystem, such as bugs or an intentional 51% attack. For instance, he mentioned the creation of