A very interesting proposal from @VitalikButerin to use BLOBs as the unified storage layer for all blockchain history and state data ().
In fact, several years ago we anticipated that Ethereum would naturally evolve into three interconnected networks:
- A voting network, composed of validators and zk-verifiers, incentivized primarily through block rewards;
- A builder network, consisting of block builders and zk-provers, capturing MEV and potentially other in-protocol rewards shared with validators;
- A storage network for history and state, built around a unified storage primitive (BLOBs), with the incentive model still to be fully defined.
One of the original motivations behind starting EthStorage was to become the first BLOB-native storage network, backed by a purpose-built proof-of-storage incentive mechanism.
It is exciting to see Ethereum steadily converging toward this architecture.
@VitalikButerin 提出了一个非常有意思的设想:使用 BLOB 作为统一的存储层,来承载区块链的全部历史数据和状态数据。
事实上,早在几年前,我们就预判以太坊会自然演进为 三类相互协作的网络:
- 投票网络(Voting Network):由验证者和 zk 验证者组成,主要通过区块奖励获得激励;
- 构建者网络(Builder Network):由区块构建者和 zk 证明者组成,通过 MEV 或其他潜在的协议内激励与验证者共享收益;
- 存储网络(Storage Network):负责历史数据和状态数据的长期存储,基于统一的存储原语(BLOB),其激励机制仍有待进一步完善。
EthStorage 项目的初衷之一,正是成为第一个 原生支持 BLOB 的存储网络,并通过我们设计的 Proof-of-Storage 激励机制,为这一层提供可持续的经济安全性。
很高兴看到,以太坊正在一步步朝着这一长期愿景稳步演进。