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Vitalik: Ethereum should be as reliable as the "world's heartbeat"; increasing bandwidth is more secure than reducing latency

2026.01.08 15:27:04

On January 8, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin shared a post on Ethereum scalability, arguing increasing bandwidth is more secure than cutting latency. He noted that combining PeerDAS and zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) could enable thousands of times more scalability while preserving decentralization. However, latency is constrained by factors like the speed of light, node geography, censorship resistance, and economic practicality. Vitalik stressed Ethereum should be as reliable as the "world’s heartbeat"—not just a high-speed game server. Apps needing faster speeds should leverage off-chain components, a key reason layer-two (L2) networks will keep playing a critical role even as Ethereum scales up significantly.
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