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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has a bold new plan. He wants to make Ethereum faster and easier to use without giving up decentralization or privacy. His solution? Stateless nodes.
Right now, running a full Ethereum node is tough. It takes a lot of storage and power. Vitalik’s idea is to let nodes keep only the data they actually need. This means lighter, faster, and more personal nodes.
A Simpler, Smarter Network
These “stateless nodes” don’t store the whole blockchain. Instead, they just grab the parts you care about—like your favorite tokens or DeFi apps. You stay private and in control.
They’re stronger than light clients, but not as bulky as full nodes. It’s a sweet middle ground.
EIP-4444 and Data Clean-Up
Vitalik wants Ethereum to stop saving old blockchain data forever. Enter EIP-4444. It says nodes should only store 36 days of history. That saves disk space.
To make sure old data isn’t lost forever, he suggests a shared storage system. It uses something called erasure coding* to back up everything securely.
(*Erasure coding is like digital duct tape—it helps rebuild missing data if something goes wrong.)
Gas Price Tweaks
He also wants to tweak gas prices. Making it more expensive to create new states, but cheaper to run apps. This encourages developers to code smarter and save blockchain space.
Vitalik’s Bigger Vision
Vitalik says Ethereum should be easier to understand—like Bitcoin. He wants Ethereum to have a simple, solid structure anyone can learn.
Just one day after this proposal, the Ethereum Foundation launched a new “Trillion Dollar Security Initiative.” It’s all about making Ethereum the backbone of global finance.
