Vitalik Buterin, while praising the Succinct team’s progress, also pointed out key limitations blocking immediate integration of the new proving system into Ethereum’s Layer 1

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May 21, 2025

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Although Buterin does congratulate the Succinct team on their progress, he proceeds to point out four areas that the project — as well as the wider network — needs to tackle in order to make real-time proving a reliable feature for users on the Layer1.

While celebrating the advance, Buterin pointed out several reasons why the work, though impressive, should not be seen as production-ready for Ethereum’s Layer 1 network.

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Week 21 of 2025