Do you have any trouble in paradise? Ethereum team leader Péter Szilágyi had something to say. The man is one of Twitter’s most prominent ETH advocates, but he felt “very frustrated” in the latest thread. The core developers of the protocol also used keywords such as “overload” and phrases such as “forever unmotivated / may not be”. What was Szilágyi complaining about? complicated.
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The Ethereum Core developer discussion began as follows:
“Complexity is an aspect of a system that is often overlooked, as it is usually paid for by someone else, not the creator of the system.
But don’t get me wrong. Someone pays for money, time, mental abilities, etc. They may / may not be motivated forever. “
As with scalability, complexity remains invisible to the limit. At that time, I have passed the place where I haven’t come back anymore.
Complexity also has the annoying effect of causing cascading failures. Overloading a person can result in capacity loss and even greater load.
— Péter Szilágyi (karalabe.eth) (@peter_szilagyi) March 18, 2022
Spoiler Note: He’s talking about developers. They are the ones who are paying the price. And they are talking through him.
Ethereum is approaching a merger. And the complexity of the peak.
According to the dramatic law of writing, Péter Szilágyi paints first. “In the history of Ethereum, complexity has never been reduced. All EIPs are stacked on top. All major changes (1559, Marge, Sharding, Berkle, Stateless, L2, etc.) are another nail. Next, he drops the hammer and explains the complexity of the situation.
“As much as we feel we’re approaching Marge, I must emphasize that Ethereum isn’t moving in the clean direction. To be honest, it’s achieving results. However, it is also accumulating complexity so that there will be no tomorrow.
If the protocol doesn’t get slim, it won’t work. “
I think the root cause is the disconnection between the research team and the development team. The former has to “just” dream of an elegant standalone idea.
The latter requires manipulating all the ideas introduced so far while surgically expanding the dimension of space.
— Péter Szilágyi (karalabe.eth) (@peter_szilagyi) March 18, 2022
As a review course Their official website defines The Merge At this time, “the current Ethereum mainnet is” integrated “with the Beacon chain’s Proof of Stake system. It is at that mythical moment that the protocol switches from proof of work to proof of stake. It can feel like Ethereum never reaches that important turning point.
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Szilágyi issues a warning
Even if the core developer personally signs the message, this can be a broader issue. This could be an Ethereum-developers-as-a-whole issue. What was Szilágyi complaining about? complicated.
“There were engineering attempts to reduce complexity (module splitting in Erion, responsibility splitting in The Merge). Still, there were no attempts to reduce the complexity of the protocol.
No one knows the big picture of the system anymore. ”
This all sounds like it’s related to protocol owners and advocates, but nothing in the thread sounds more threatening than the last sentence of Szilágyi. “Few people are aware of broken networks and trying to connect them together, and each change is pushed further.” He certainly sounds like he’s talking on behalf of the developer. ..
I don’t know the solution, but my 2c is to stop adding features and start culling at the expense of breaking things.
Less and less people are aware of broken networks and are trying to connect them together. And each change is pushed further away. /fin pic.twitter.com/uOLce9wB7B
— Péter Szilágyi (karalabe.eth) (@peter_szilagyi) March 18, 2022
The last meme used by Szilágyi is also revelatory. And threaten the boundaries.
The other side of Ethereum
When this thread goes live, it looks like another universe, Time magazine wins Vitalik Buterin As a “prince of cryptography”. Also, the Ethereum creator’s cover art is part of the “Historical NFT” drop, and this issue is touted as special. In the contrasting story article, Bitcoinist said:
“In that sense, he expressed concern about the advantages of decentralized finance (DeFi) and NFTs, and the” shameless wealth display “promoted by collections such as the Bored ApeYacht Club. The inventor of Ethereum is also worried about rising transaction fees and “enthusiastic investors.”
Buterin believes that Ethereum goes beyond “monkeys” and revolutionizes the most important aspects of people’s lives. “
Therefore, although there may be disagreements between ranks, the Ethereum army will move forward. With the support of corporate media, no less. On the other hand, it’s interesting to see one of the protocol’s main defenders raise the issue of complexity. That is central to Bitcoiner’s criticism of Ethereum. Does all that complexity belong to layer 1 of the blockchain?
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At the same time, this story is just one part of a comprehensive story called The Merge. Is it as close as Péter Szilágyi says? Is it as certain as he suggests? Or is his thread a bad sign? You’ll know right away. Will Ethereum achieve the impossible? Please wait.
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