Uncommon Core 2.0
SVM vs EVM
Dec 7, 2023
The podcast discusses the latest developments in the EVM and SVM worlds, including vertical scaling efforts in Ethereum, Solana's growing momentum, and Eclipse's SVM Ethereum L2. They explore the differences between EVM and SVM, the reasons for not adding state access lists to Ethereum, and the challenges of state growth in Ethereum. Additionally, they discuss MEV challenges in Ethereum and alternative approaches to address state growth.
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- The concept of weak statelessness and vertical trees is being explored to reduce the burden on validators and improve scalability on Ethereum.
- State expiry or state rent is a solution being explored to periodically remove old state data from the tree and incentivize users to refresh their accounts if they become inactive.
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Weak statelessness: Shifting the burden of state storage
To address the issue of increasing state size on Ethereum, the concept of weak statelessness is being pursued. In this approach, the responsibility of storing the entire state is shifted from validators to builders. Validators no longer need to keep a local copy of the entire state and instead receive witnesses from the builder that contain the relevant state information needed to update the state. This offloads work from validators and relies on a modified Merkle Patricia tree format called vertical trees. This solution is focused on reducing the burden on validators and improving scalability.
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