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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s latest blog post dives into “The Purge,” an ambitious roadmap for streamlining Ethereum by reducing data storage demands and protocol complexity. With history and state expiry at its core, The Purge addresses Ethereum’s growing data load by discarding old, redundant data and enabling partial state expiry. This move aims to make node operations accessible even on mobile devices, enhancing decentralization and security. Vitalik envisions this protocol evolution as a pathway to a lighter, more accessible blockchain without sacrificing Ethereum’s foundational permanence. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s new post is the latest in a series that outlines an evolution for Ethereum that could redefine the network’s efficiency, accessibility, and storage requirements. This new development reflects a pressing need to streamline Ethereum by reducing the storage load on individual nodes, improving network speed, and maintaining the blockchain’s integrity.  Source: Vitalik Tackling Data Bloat: Why The Purge Is Necessary Vitalki says that one of the biggest challenges facing Ethereum today is its vast data storage needs. Over time, as transactions accumulate and smart contracts proliferate, the blockchain has grown immensely, making it harder for new nodes to join and for the network to operate seamlessly. Presently, a fully synced Ethereum node requires over 1.17 terabytes of storage, and this requirement is expected to keep rising. This storage strain acts as a barrier to decentralization, as fewer individuals have the capacity to run nodes, leaving the network more vulnerable to centralization and increasing costs for users and operators alike. The Purge aims to alleviate this data burden by introducing a mechanism to periodically “expire” less critical data while keeping vital information intact. This evolution would allow Ethereum to remain decentralized and accessible, with a lighter protocol that still provides the same level of security and functionality. The Purge, 2023 roadmap. Key…

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