以太坊（ETH）联合创始人 Vitalik Buterin 分享对“The Purge”增强计划的见解

以太坊（ETH）联合创始人 Vitalik Buterin 最近分享了对该项目增强计划之一“The Purge”的一些见解。

Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin has shared some insights on “The Purge,” one of the project’s enhancement plans. He highlighted how it would solve the challenges of complexity and bloat on the network.

以太坊（ETH）联合创始人 Vitalik Buterin 分享了对该项目增强计划之一“The Purge”的一些见解。他强调了它将如何解决网络复杂性和膨胀的挑战。

This marks the fifth part of the “Possible futures of the Ethereum protocol” series, which he began a few weeks ago. In previous series, Buterin shared updates on The Merge, The Scourge, The Surge, and more recently, The Verge.

这是他几周前开始的“以太坊协议的可能未来”系列的第五部分。在之前的系列中，Buterin 分享了 The Merge、The Scourge、The Surge 以及最近的 The Verge 的最新动态。

The Purge Tackles Data Storage

清除解决数据存储问题

The Ethereum co-founder is confident that The Purge can prevent the mainnet’s complexity from negating the improvements implemented over time. At first, the blockchain genius outlined historical data and protocol features as two approaches to get Ethereum data storage congested.

这位以太坊联合创始人相信，清除计划可以防止主网的复杂性抵消随着时间的推移所实施的改进。首先，这位区块链天才概述了历史数据和协议功能作为导致以太坊数据存储拥塞的两种方法。

For historical data, any transaction made and any account created at any point in history are stored by all clients forever. Full synchronization with the network becomes achievable when new clients download these stored details.

对于历史数据，历史上任何时刻进行的任何交易和创建的任何帐户都将由所有客户永久存储。当新客户端下载这些存储的详细信息时，可以实现与网络的完全同步。

Once this sync is achieved, client load and sync time are pushed to a higher level. This has an untold impact on the future of the chain.

一旦实现同步，客户端负载和同步时间就会被推向更高的水平。这对连锁店的未来有着不可估量的影响。

On the other hand, protocol features, which involve removing old data, are complex and could cause code complexity to grow over time. To solve this, Buterin said protocol continuity is vital. He opined that the team can achieve these by removing the complexities linked to data storage.

另一方面，涉及删除旧数据的协议功能很复杂，可能会导致代码复杂性随着时间的推移而增加。 Buterin 表示，为了解决这个问题，协议的连续性至关重要。他认为团队可以通过消除与数据存储相关的复杂性来实现这些目标。

Like for every other enhancement he wrote about, the Ethereum innovator proposed two solutions to work on. He identified introducing an existing torrent library as one of the two solutions.

就像他所写的所有其他增强功能一样，这位以太坊创新者提出了两种解决方案。他认为引入现有的 torrent 库是两个解决方案之一。

Buterin also named an Ethereum-native solution called The Portal Network as a solution to solve the challenges above. According to him, implementing either of these two solutions can easily cause Ethereum to turn on EIP-4444.

Buterin 还命名了名为 Portal Network 的以太坊原生解决方案作为解决上述挑战的解决方案。据他介绍，实施这两种解决方案中的任何一种都可以轻松导致以太坊开启 EIP-4444。

Other Enhancements For The Ethereum Network

以太坊网络的其他增强功能

A few days ago, Buterin wrote about the Verge, citing its potential improvement to Ethereum’s Proof of Stake (PoS) system. Ethereum switched to the PoS consensus algorithm after The Merge in September 2022.

几天前，Buterin 撰写了有关 Verge 的文章，指出其对以太坊权益证明（PoS）系统的潜在改进。以太坊在 2022 年 9 月合并后转向 PoS 共识算法。

Notably, the Verge enhancement focuses on making Ethereum node verification more accessible and fast for users. Buterin plans to expand participation in the network to address the data storage challenge.

值得注意的是，Verge 增强功能的重点是让用户更容易、更快速地进行以太坊节点验证。 Buterin 计划扩大对网络的参与，以应对数据存储挑战。

The Verge upgrade’s intent is to deploy more efficient cryptographic instruments such as Verkle trees and SNARKs. In the long run, these techniques will help Ethereum nodes verify transactions without storing the entire blockchain, reducing the load on each device.

Verge 升级的目的是部署更高效的加密工具，例如 Verkle 树和 SNARK。从长远来看，这些技术将帮助以太坊节点在不存储整个区块链的情况下验证交易，从而减少每个设备的负载。

In the case of The Merge, Buterin pointed to single-slot finality and staking democratization. These two proposed solutions will maximize the number of validators participating in staking, which ultimately implies minimizing the ETH quantity required for staking.

在 The Merge 的例子中，Buterin 指出了单槽最终性和质押民主化。这两个提议的解决方案将最大限度地增加参与质押的验证者数量，这最终意味着最大限度地减少质押所需的 ETH 数量。

This would also minimize the time to finality and the overhead of running a node.

这也将最大限度地减少最终确定的时间和运行节点的开销。

Will Ethereum Beat its Competitors Soon?

以太坊很快就会击败竞争对手吗？

With the upcoming enhancements and upgrades, Ethereum has garnered much attention. Several market observers expect that the blockchain will outpace its counterparts. For now, Ethereum is facing tough competition with Solana regarding throughput and transaction speed.

随着即将到来的增强和升级，以太坊引起了广泛关注。一些市场观察家预计区块链将超越其同行。目前，以太坊在吞吐量和交易速度方面正面临与 Solana 的激烈竞争。

About a week ago, Anatoly Yakovenko, the founder of Solana (SOL), shared new insights about its features distinguishing it from Ethereum. These include Solana’s capacity to handle network congestion.

大约一周前，Solana (SOL) 的创始人 Anatoly Yakovenko 分享了有关其区别于以太坊功能的新见解。其中包括 Solana 处理网络拥塞的能力。

Still, Ethereum is known for its smart contract versatility. In the long term, the upgrades from Vitalik Buterin’s proposal can change the game.

尽管如此，以太坊仍以其智能合约的多功能性而闻名。从长远来看，Vitalik Buterin 提案的升级可以改变游戏规则。