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Opinion of: Leo Fan, Cysic co -founder
ethereum today is like trying to play a modern game on a laptop of the 1980s: obsolete hardware would fight to load, delay endless and probably crashed under the weight of the new demands. Designed for a simpler blockchain era, ethereum's infrastructure can no longer keep up, processing only 10 to 62 transactions per second, well below the thousands needed for general adoption.
Meanwhile, with the Subsecond block times and rates close to zero, Solana enjoys the growing conventional popularity, which is evident in wallet downloads in the middle of Trump's launch. ethereum remains hindered by high gas and congestion rates, pushing users and developers to faster alternatives.
Without addressing its bottlenecks of scale, ethereum runs the risk of being behind. While the ethereum Capa-2 rollups (L2) have relieved the network congestion, they finally serve as Stopgap measures that provide temporary relief. Software approaches are first experiencing initial problems in interoperability and scalability, asking questions about the sustainability and long -term relevance of ethereum.
Many L2 are designed to adapt to the native network and cannot support real -time applications, such as decentralized games or cross -border payments. ethereum needs a fundamental change if you want to maintain your leadership in the Blockchain space. The solution is not found in incremental software updates but in hardware acceleration.
Align ethereum's vision with hardware
The Vitalik Buterin milestone foresees that ethereum reach the complete verification of the nodes in the devices of degree of consumption, a critical step towards the broader objectives of accessibility and decentralization of the block chain. Buterin has emphasized the change of mosaic solutions to build a complete computational infrastructure to perform this vision. The specially constructed hardware, such as the specific integrated circuits of the application (ASICS), is key: improves transaction processing speeds, reduces latency and optimizes energy use. It establishes the basis for the sustainable scale of ethereum, ensuring that the network grows without compromising its central principles.
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ethereum's sicking update does not completely solve its fundamental scale challenges, highlighting the urgency for greater scalability and stability. Key optimizations introduced (improved account abstraction and operations) seek to refine the efficiency and experience of the ethereum user, but do not significantly increase the transaction performance or reduce the latency of the network.
ethereum runs the risk of running out of specialized hardware, weakening its position as a settlement layer for the Blockchain community. Investing in native hardware solutions will allow ethereum to climb effectively while maintaining its commitment to decentralization and support for a growing user base.
Conventional adoption and real world applications
The effect of hardware scale solutions extends far beyond ethereum. Traffici players are exploring cross -border payments based on blockchain, which require real -time processing. With scalability problems inherited from the homemade layer, L2 alone cannot escalate effectively to meet the pure traditional demand. Cross -border transactions reached $ 190.1 billion in 2023 and is only expected to grow in 2025, indicating one thing: hardware acceleration is indispensable to encourage the institutional adoption of Blockchain.
Beyond finance, hardware optimization improves the usefulness of blockchain in all industries, accelerating conventional adoption. A remarkable example is medical care, where accelerated blockchain infrastructure could improve the safety and privacy of patient data. For games industries that depend on dynamic interactions, blockchain networks can help offer real -time responses to user actions.
The ai factor
Blockchain does not work in isolation; It competes with computationally intensive industries, such as ai, the fashion word of 2024. The emergence of ai has remodeled industries, but it is also becoming a fierce competitor for blockchain for electricity and equipment. Data centers such as Hut 8 and Coin Scientific are prioritizing ai workloads, which can generate up to 25 times more income than bitcoin mining (btc). These movements highlight the growing pressure on blockchain networks to optimize the efficiency of resources or the risk of being marginalized in the career by computational domain.
Critics claim that ethereum is “dying a slow death.” Once the home of decentralized finance innovation (Defi), ethereum's scalability problems hinder their ability to compete with Defai. ethereum must adopt the hardware specially designed to address its inefficient infrastructure, allow faster transactions and reduce energy consumption. In this way, ethereum has the opportunity to approve the future against ai developments and maintain its competitive advantage for general adoption.
The time to invest in hardware is now
ethereum has depended largely on the L2 to the scale, but they are still temporary solutions that do not meet the fundamental operational demands of the network. Hardware solutions are now not negotiable for ethereum to retain their position as a blockchain innovation leader. From enabling integrations without tradfi interruptions to support for real -time interactions in games and medical care, specially designed hardware resolves the inefficiencies of ethereum infrastructure. Without a decisive investment in hardware acceleration, ethereum runs the risk of stagnating while competitors increase.
ethereum does not need another short -term patch. It requires a lasting solution. The next Blockchain adoption wave demands an infrastructure that can support it, which means investing in hardware now.
Opinion of: Leo Fan, Cysic co -founder.
This article is for general information purposes and is not intended to be and should not be taken as legal or investment advice. The points of view, the thoughts and opinions expressed here are alone of the author and do not necessarily reflect or represent the opinions and opinions of Cointelegraph.
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