Ethereum is entering its new era. Welcome to Lean Ethereum - the vision for the next decade. Thread: 🧵

1/ Fort mode: Ethereum as an unbreakable fortress. • 100% uptime since genesis block. • 35.7M ETH staked securing $130B+ • Potential to guard $1T+ in value. This is the base layer for the internet of value for generations.

2/ Beast mode: Ethereum as an unstoppable engine. • Short term: low-hanging performance gains in 6–12 months. • Long term: 1 gigagas/sec L1 → 10K TPS. 1 teragas/sec L2 → 1M TPS. Vertical and horizontal scaling, without sacrificing decentralization. The secret sauce of this is real-time zkVMs + data availability sampling.

3/ Lean upgrades means a simpler, harder Ethereum. Three L1 sublayers reimagined: • Lean Consensus: beacon chain 2.0, hardenedand fast finality. • Lean Data: post-quantum blobs + granular sizing. • Lean Execution: SNARK-friendly, minimal EVM 2.0. Performance abundance with uncompromising security.

4/ Lean cryptography: The foundation. Hash-based crypto becomes the single brick for Ethereum’s future: • Consensus: hash-based aggregate signatures. • Data: hash-based DAS commitments. • Execution: hash-based zkVMs. One primitive to rule security, scalability.

5/ "If the internet is up, Ethereum is up. If the world is online, the world is onchain." These lines destined to join Ethereum’s hall of fame. Grateful to @drakefjustin for putting this vision into words. Source: