Vitalik Buterin, one of Ethereum’s co-founders, has announced that Ethereum’s layer 1 (L1) will be scaled by 10X in the next year. Buterin stated at ETHGlobal Prague that the network wants to increase its capacity while maintaining decentralization.
Buterin said it will take about a year and a half to complete this scaling roadmap so the team can make careful changes to the network. He underlined the need to avoid making decisions too quickly that could hurt Ethereum’s main qualities, like being able to resist censorship and maintain user privacy.
The plan covers boosting stateless nodes and making updates to the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). This is different from what Ethereum researcher Dankrad Feist suggests, who believes Ethereum should scale its L1 by 100 times within the next five years.
Buterin wants to grow the network slowly to keep it safe, secure, and controlled by many people. Although ETH prices have dropped and on-chain activity was low in Q1 2025, more people are interested in scaling Ethereum.
Organizations such as SharpLink Gaming are buying billions of Ethereum by using BTSC and ETFs, which indicates that companies are feeling more confident. With the major upgrade approaching, ETH is expected to rise to $3,000 to recover some of its earlier losses.
Buterin’s balanced approach to scaling may help Ethereum achieve its next phase of development by blending speed, stability, and decentralization.
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