• According to Vitalik Buterin, testing for problems that could occur and using formal verification are necessary before Ethereum’s Layer 1 can be scaled.

•  Energy costs needed to create proofs are still a hurdle for many individuals to take part in the network.

• Vitalik hopes to multiply the gas limit on Ethereum by ten to one hundred times to make the network much more efficient.

Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, explained how parts of Ethereum’s scaling and verification have advanced, while suggesting that there remains more to be achieved. 

Buterin posted a message on X mentioning how impressed he was by the achievements of the developer teams, especially those by @pumatheuma and his team. But, he added that real-world implementation on the Ethereum main layer needs more improvement first.

Buterin points out that the recent data shows average scenarios, not the worst things that could happen. It’s important for Ethereum to be safe and efficient during peak pressure, so testing extreme situations in real-time is necessary. This enables the network to continue to work properly and don’t slow too much during peak usage.

Vitalik also pointed out that a system’s exact functioning according to its goals is shown through the rigorous process of formal verification. If there is no testing, certain problems may only be uncovered in certain conditions. Although the early results are encouraging, the developing team still needs to finish the verification before they can consider them reliable.

Vitalik Buterin also pointed out that running proofs consumes a lot of energy. At the moment, generating a proof for a transaction needs around 100 kilowatts, so it’s not realistic for most people. 

If proof generation is made more efficient, this would make decentralized voting more available. Most importantly, Buterin said he aims to increase Ethereum’s gas limit by 10 to 100 times. 

The network would handle far more transactions per second if it had this level of capacity increase. 

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