Recently, the Ethereum Foundation announced a significant technological breakthrough. By combining ZKEVM zero-knowledge proofs with PeerDAS data availability sampling technology, Ethereum has achieved a new balance across three dimensions: decentralization, consensus security, and transaction bandwidth.

Specifically, the new solution reduces ZKEVM proof generation time to 16 seconds, with costs decreased by 45 times compared to previous methods. What does this mean? Transactions are verified faster, and fees are cheaper. PeerDAS's role is more direct—it allows network nodes to verify without downloading and storing the entire block data, simply by downloading and verifying the necessary data shards. This significantly reduces hardware costs for node operators.

According to the Foundation's four-year technical roadmap, ZKEVM validation nodes will begin deployment in 2026, and by 2030, ZKEVM is planned to become the dominant validation method. This not only involves the evolution of the Ethereum mainnet but also benefits the entire ecosystem's application layer and layer 2 solutions. The enhancement of scalability directly impacts network usability and user experience.