Vitalik Buterin proposes partially stateless nodes for Ethereum scaling

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Vitalik Buterin proposed “partially stateless nodes” to reduce reliance on centralized RPC providers and preserve trustless, censorship-resistant access as Ethereum scales.

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Ezra Reguerra

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May 19, 2025

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Cointelegraph

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https://cointelegraph.com/news/vitalik-buterin-partially-stateless-nodes-ethereum-scaling-privacy

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Vitalik Buterin proposes “partially stateless nodes” as new strategy to scale Ethereum

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This means that users could configure their nodes only to save data related to their accounts, the decentralized finance (DeFi) applications and their commonly used tokens like stablecoins and Ether.

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The nodes would operate by validating blocks statelessly. This means they don’t require the storage of the full Merkle proofs or the entire blockchain history. They can selectively keep certain parts of the state up to date.

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