Ethereum Foundation researcher: Ethereum L1 will improve year by year, and L2 will see significant performance improvements in a matter of months

ChainCatcher news, Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake posted on X that today marks the four-year anniversary of the Ethereum Beacon Chain's launch. In its initial phase, only 500,000 ETH were staked. Although it did not provide direct benefits to users at the beginning, it has gradually grown into one of the most powerful foundations in blockchain history.

Looking ahead, Drake believes Ethereum has the opportunity to become the settlement layer of the value internet. Although the Beacon Chain is still not perfect, the upgrade path in the coming years will remain challenging, including improvements in censorship resistance and MEV handling, reducing staking deposits, increasing finality speed, smart issuance, achieving smartwatch-level full-chain verification, and post-quantum security. Additionally, outside the consensus layer, there is hope to achieve complete sharding in the data layer and native Rollup in the execution layer.

Drake stated that many L1 improvements will be gradually released in the coming years, and enhancements like post-quantum security may require a complete redesign. L2 solutions will provide significant performance improvements within months, including fast user experiences, low fees, unlimited throughput, and synchronous composability.