Vitalik Buterin Details Ethereum Scaling Plan: Parallel Verification and Storage Fee Reforms

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin outlined a plan to increase network transaction capacity without sacrificing decentralization, combining near-term parallel verification with fee reforms for permanent data. Upcoming upgrades referred to as Glamsterdam and ePBS will let validators examine different parts of a block simultaneously, freeing time within each 12-second slot and enabling more activity without expanding block size or requiring more powerful hardware, Buterin wrote. The plan revises how storage is priced, separating temporary compute from actions that add data every node must store permanently; operations creating long-term storage would carry higher fees, while everyday transactions could become cheaper or remain stable. Long term, the roadmap leans on zero-knowledge proofs and blobs so validators can confirm blocks without re-executing every operation, cutting computational load and boosting capacity while keeping the network open to smaller operators, Buterin said.