The co-founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, recognized that Bitcoin has key advantages compared to Ethereum in the design and decentralization of the protocol.
The main dishes to remember:
- Vitalik Buterin says that Bitcoin leads Ethereum in the simplicity of the code, the number of nodes and the independence of the RPC.
- The ecosystem of layer 2 of Ethereum is always based on intermediaries, not exceeding complete decentralization.
- Despite the innovations, Ethereum follows Bitcoin in the stability of the protocol and the decentralization of the network.
In an article on June 4 on X, Buterin responded to a thread by debating the current strengths and weaknesses of Ethereum. Users argued that Ethereum leads to censorship resistance but still faces transaction flow limits.
Buterin accepted, declaring: “There are aspects of this where Bitcoin leads the OMI.”
Buterin: BTC leads to the simplicity of the code
The Ethereum Mastermind has identified the simpler Bitcoin code base, fewer changes in protocol, a higher number of nodes and a lower dependence on third -party procedural services (RPC) such as Infura, Alchemy and Ankr.
In comparison, the more complex architecture of Ethereum, including intelligent contracts and the Ethereum virtual machine, requires a more sophisticated infrastructure.
Ethereum underwent around 20 major network upgrades, more recently with the Pectra upgrade on May 8. Bitcoin’s basic protocol has changed much less.
Bitcoin’s light code facilitates audit and maintenance. Its lower hardware requirements allow a wider set of users to execute complete nodes, strengthening the decentralization of the network and resistance to censorship.
Buterin also discussed the ecosystem of layer 2 of Ethereum. In a separate article, he postponed the assertions that transverse interoperability is a resolved problem.
“It is not resolved as long as cross-l2 actions can be like resistance to censorship, without confidence and without intermediary that intra-l2 actions,” he said.
He stressed that the current activity of the transverse layer 2 still depends on the intermediaries, not exceeding the level of decentralization of Ethereum.
He reiterated the “regression principle” of the platform, which argues that the native ethns transfers on layer 1 remain resistant to censorship, without confidence and without intermediaries.
Buterin’s comments highlight a compromise in progress. Although Ethereum has advanced features such as proof of participation, rollups and mitigation of MEVs, it is always lagging behind in the simplicity of the protocol and the decentralization of nodes.
Buterin calls to simplify Ethereum protocol
In May, Buterin proposed a major overhaul of the Ethereum base layer, aimed at simplifying the architecture of the protocol for long -term safety, scalability and durability.
Building on the minimalist Bitcoin design principles, Buerin published a blog article entitled “Simplify the L1” May 3, describing a path to reduce the technical complexity of the network.
Buterin’s vision targets the main layers of Ethereum, consensus, execution and shared components, with a strategy to rationalize the processes that have become increasingly complicated since the creation of the network.
Buterin argued that unnecessary complexity has led to inflated development deadlines, higher maintenance costs and increased risk of bugs.
Last month, Buterin also unveiled a new proposal to facilitate that everyday users perform Ethereum nodes, reducing the material and storage requirements currently necessary to synchronize with the network.
The Ethereum brain has suggested a change in the way nodes store and recover data, going from complete data replication to a more flexible and user model.
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