Ethereum is a network that counts on a complex structure, and each update increases the struggle. A developer believes that adding features needs to stop before there is a point of no return.
Péter Szilágyi, Leader at the Ethereum Foundation and a lead developer of this network, had expressed his concern on social media about the direction of the blockchain and the improvements it constantly goes through. He assured that Ethereum was avoiding walking through a solid path and pointed at the complexity of its protocol as one of Ethereum’s primary obstacles.
According to what this developer highlighted on his Twitter profile where he has at least 47,000 followers or more, Ethereum appears to be approaching The Merge healthily. Still, the direction desired to improve the advances of this blockchain remains uncertain; the Merge level represents an instance in which the network will go through a transitional level to the new version of Ethereum 2.0.
According to this developer, Ethereum’s complexity is a feature that usually gets avoided because it is someone else who has to carry that burden and not the creators behind the project.
The expert also highlighted that researchers tend to figure out elegant features, but it is a hard task for developers to get those fantasies into action. Szilagyi expressed through other tweets that he must alter these strategies and manage them carefully to expand the network. This action may not always bring fruits, and it could cause a breaking point of no return.
The Complexity of Ethereum
The Ethereum network counts on a tool named Ethereum Improvement Proposal, or, simply, EIP. These strategies get deeply studied in the community to improve some aspects of the blockchain to boost its operation or add new features.
According to Szilágyi’s thoughts, Ethereum has never had an EIP to set a reduction over its complex protocol, but rather the opposite. Although each proposal appears to have every detail under control, big changes only make the network harder to manipulate, and their execution demands a lot of effort from miners.
He also added that there are few people who are aware of the situation and want to join a broken network, and each change brings Ethereum closer to that position.
Ethereum’s Constant Transformation
Szilágyi’s views are solid and go in parallel with a curious factor about the Ethereum network that appears in its historical evolution: it tends to mutate without a fixed and coherent course.
Although this problem seems to have no end, especially since the appearance of EIP-1559, which sets up the burning of a percentage of the commissions paid in each operation, Ethereum tries to become a deflationary item. As ether is a lesser currency, its value would reach a high peak as long as the demand remains alive over time.
On the other hand, Ethereum also desires to set some improvements over its consensus algorithm, which focuses on how transactions receive validation. With Ethereum 2.0, by the end of 2022, the network will migrate from an ordinary model with Proof of Work or proof of Work to Proof of Stake or proof of participation.
By: Jenson Nuñez
