Vitalik Buterin warns against overloading Ethereum consensus
Buterin has advocated preserving Ethereum consensus minimalism and not overloading validators with other things. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has published a lengthy blog post warning of the dangers of “stretching” Ethereum's consensus past its core functions of validating blocks and securing the network. Ethereum consensus is the process whereby blocks are validated by the proof-of-stake mechanism implemented in September 2022 with “the Merge.” In a May 21 blog post titled “Don’t overload Ethereum’s consensus,” Buterin warned that using Ethereum’s network consensus for other things could bring “high systemic risks to the ecosystem and should be discouraged and resisted.” The Ethereum co-founder was essentially promoting the preservation of the blockchain’s minimalism. Don't overload Ethereum's consensus :https://t.co/07tzyCrZcJ — vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) May 21, 2023 Buterin noted that over the years, a number of proposals or ideas had floated around that