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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has outlined key steps for Ethereum’s scaling, emphasizing the role of Helios, a multichain light client. Following ETH’s path toward scalability and decentralization, Vitalik Buterin noted that implementing Helios and similar solutions to mobile and desktop wallets is crucial for light client verification on Ethereum’s Layer 1 and Layer 2 networks. Vitalik Buterin Outlines Helios’s Role In his recent posts on X (formerly Twitter), Buterin emphasized the need to add Helios or other light clients into user wallets. This integration would allow users to check the validity of transactions without running full nodes, which is important given that Ethereum has plans for an ecosystem with thousands of rollups. A productive, verifiable light client is deemed essential for the sustainability of the ecosystem and users’ security. Noah Citron, a developer associated with Helios, elaborated on the project’s goals of building a multichain light client. Citron pointed out that rollup operators currently require a full node for every chain they are engaged with, which is a problem when the number of chains increases.  To this end, Helios plans to optimize this process by offering a highly effective light client for ETH’s Layer 2 solutions which include Optimism, Base, Unichain and other platforms that are built on OP Stack. Rollup Interoperability & Cross-Chain Communication Rollup interoperability is a major focus for ETH as it scales. Some current proposals such as Optimism’s Superchain and zkSync’s Elastic Chain have suggested that rollups can be interconnected. According to Citron, these solutions will rely on secure light clients via which rollup operators will be able to validate cross-chain messages. Helios’s current support for the OP Stack is a step in that direction. Through signed sequencer pre-confirmations, Helios can co-ordinate the data across the different rollups in the Superchain ecosystem, thereby easing the burden…

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