ChainCatcher news, Bankless founder David Hoffman posted on the X platform stating: "The independent validator community is the ultimate line of defense for network security. The self-sovereignty of the network is related to its commitment to independent validators. Ignoring independent validators in 'good times' is a luxury (referring to the larger number of independent validators when the market is doing well), but in 'bad times' it will cost us (referring to the reduced number of independent validators when the market is doing poorly, which in turn affects the ecological network security)."

ChainCatcher message, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin shared a summary of his fireside chat at the Home Staking Summit in Singapore on social media, discussing the real value of independent stakers (including small businesses and community stakers) to the network, and what transformations L1 can undertake to better support these stakers.Vitalik stated that independent stakers are both the "first line of defense" for the Ethereum network, providing censorship resistance, and the "last line of defense," protecting the network by preventing the final confirmation of erroneous chains at 67%. Independent stakers are typically not associated with large organizations, making them difficult to capture or coerce by regulators, thereby enhancing Ethereum's position as a trusted neutral block space.Vitalik proposed the possibility of increasing the required validator ratio (e.g., from 67% to 85%) to enhance network security. However, he also pointed out that this could bring new challenges, such as lowering the cost of attacks that prevent final confirmations. Additionally, Ethereum's network security strategy may need to be reassessed. Currently, 33% of staked ETH represents the highest attack cost for hijacking the blockchain. However, this status quo suggests that there may be an over-investment in defending against positive attacks above 33%, recommending a reallocation of resources to strengthen defenses against "above 66%" attacks.Vitalik emphasized the importance of increasing the number of independent stakers, making them a key component of the current final confirmation threshold, and explored measures that the Ethereum base layer (L1) could take to better support and encourage independent staking.

ChainCatcher news, Bankless founder David Hoffman posted on X that, in a sense, the rollup-centric roadmap is already "complete," with current progress including the launch of 4844, DA, and cheap L2, while the primary optimization focus for the future is L1.Vitalik Buterin responded, saying: "I don't think this is a priority issue. The next step for DA is peerdas, and the people working on this are almost completely disconnected from those working on SSF or EVM execution improvements. I do think that saying 'the rollup-centric roadmap is complete' is declaring victory too early. We are only 1.3 times the peak usage away from blob full data (= 21600 blobs/day). We need to kick off peerdas and start secure scaling while improving L1." Hoffman continued, stating: "If we increase the block times of L1, won't that also increase the supply of block space (blobspace)? Focusing on L1 and simultaneously focusing on L1 as well as L2 feels synergistic, while focusing on DA only benefits L2."Vitalik explained: "If we reduce slot time without changing other variables, then the answer is yes. But the limits of both are determined by bandwidth constraints, so if we are satisfied with today's gas/blob limits, then we will also be directly satisfied with the gas/blob limits. So I generally think of bandwidth and latency as two independent issues. I do think reducing L1 slot time is worth discussing, although this needs to be done carefully to avoid 'killing' independent stakers, or even geographically dispersed stakers."