Ethereum's recent upgrade has shown us something pretty important: you don't have to sacrifice decentralization to achieve massive scaling. The technical approach here manages to handle way more transactions while keeping the network truly distributed—that's the sweet spot everyone's been chasing.



What makes this significant is how it handles the classic trilemma. Instead of pushing everything off-chain or centralizing validators, this upgrade demonstrates a path where security and decentralization remain intact while throughput increases substantially. The EIP specifications behind this are worth digging into if you're curious about how modern Ethereum actually works under the hood.

Monitoring the network metrics shows the upgrade performing smoothly across the board. Pretty solid engineering.
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screenshot_gainsvip
· 9h ago
Really? Did ETH's upgrade this time really cut corners? It feels like every time they claim to perfectly solve the trilemma, but then...
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LostBetweenChainsvip
· 12-17 18:01
Someone finally explained this thoroughly: decentralization and scalability are not mutually exclusive... this is what we've always wanted.
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RugResistantvip
· 12-15 20:13
Finally, someone has explained this thoroughly. The trilemma is not unsolvable...
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AirdropLickervip
· 12-15 20:12
Finally, someone has clarified this matter, so there's no need to choose between the fish and the bear's paw.
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DefiPlaybookvip
· 12-15 20:06
According to on-chain data, the TPS improvement from this upgrade is indeed significant, but it is worth noting whether the hardware costs for validators have truly not increased substantially.
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SatsStackingvip
· 12-15 19:57
No, did this upgrade really solve that old difficult problem? I used to think it had to be a choice between two options.
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SchrodingerAirdropvip
· 12-15 19:47
Someone finally explained this clearly. No need to choose between the fish and the bear's paw. This is what I wanted to see.
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