Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum to adopt STARKs and cut finality to 8–32 seconds
- —Buterin called ZK proofs the biggest blockchain tech shift of the decade
- —Ethereum forks will fully adopt STARKs within two years
- —Block times could drop from 12 seconds to 4–8 seconds
- —Finality could shrink from 16 minutes to 8–32 seconds
Why it matters: Faster finality and STARK adoption improve Ethereum's scalability and security, with knock-on effects for L2s and DeFi.
Source: PANews