The Ethereum Foundation has announced a comprehensive roadmap targeting significant advancements in the network’s scalability and security. Central to this vision are ambitious goals of achieving 10,000 transactions per second (TPS) and implementing robust quantum resistance measures.
To dramatically boost transaction throughput from the current level of approximately 30 TPS, the Foundation is focusing on the synergistic deployment of ZK-rollups and sharding technologies. This combined approach aims to substantially increase speed while simultaneously reducing gas fees, addressing key barriers to adoption.
Furthermore, recognizing the emerging threat posed by future quantum computers, the Foundation is proactively developing quantum-resistant cryptographic techniques. This long-term security initiative seeks to safeguard the Ethereum network against potential attacks that could compromise traditional cryptographic methods.
These objectives form part of a structured series of phased upgrades coordinated by the Foundation. Key phases known as ‘The Surge,’ ‘The Verge,’ ‘The Purge,’ and ‘The Splurge’ are designed to systematically address critical areas including scalability, efficiency, data handling, and overall network robustness.
The push for significantly higher throughput and faster confirmation times is deemed essential by the Foundation for enabling efficient, large-scale utilization of Ethereum across critical use cases like decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and diverse decentralized applications, paving the way for broader global adoption.