Ethereum blob count is ‘uncomfortably close to a ceiling’ — Vitalik Buterin

“I think the ecosystem is sleeping on the fact that it’s uncomfortably close to a ceiling,” cautions the Ethereum co-founder. 

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is urging to increase Ethereum’s “blob count” — introduced during its Dencun upgrade — to scale the network further and enable layer-2 protocols to increase capacity. 

In a discussion thread following its latest developer call, Buterin revealed that blob space is currently around 75% full, and changes need to be implemented via EIP-7623 to increase the blob count, stating: 

Blob space refers to a specialized data storage area introduced by EIP-4844, also known as proto-danksharding, designed to improve the scalability of the network. 

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“I think the ecosystem is sleeping on the fact that it’s uncomfortably close to a ceiling,” cautions the Ethereum co-founder. 
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is urging to increase Ethereum’s “blob count” — introduced during its Dencun upgrade — to scale the network further and enable layer-2 protocols to increase capacity. In a discussion thread following its latest developer call, Buterin revealed that blob space is currently around 75% full, and changes need to be implemented via EIP-7623 to increase the blob count, stating: Blob space refers to a specialized data storage area introduced by EIP-4844, also known as proto-danksharding, designed to improve the scalability of the network. Read more