Post #2389

VITALIK’S NEW PROPOSAL: “Partially Stateless Nodes” Ethereum is scaling fast, but running full nodes is getting harder due to increased gas limits and storage demands. Vitalik's solution? Partially Stateless Nodes Users choose which part of the state they want to store Only relevant contracts, tokens, and accounts are kept locally For other data, fallback to cryptographic solutions (optional) Short-term priorities: EIP-4444: Nodes store only 36 days of history Distributed History Storage: Decentralized backup of old data Gas pricing changes: Make storage more expensive, execution cheaper Mid-term goal: Enable stateless verification to reduce storage by 2x This proposal will help Ethereum become much more scalable without sacrificing decentralization or privacy. Running full nodes will be easier because users only store the parts of the data they actually need, reducing storage and bandwidth requirements. This will enable more people to run personal nodes, making Ethereum more trustless, censorship-resistant, and private—especially as L1 gas limits increase significantly in the future.