Protocol Upgrades

Buterin's post puts Ethereum's 2030 target at four to eight second slots and finality in eight to 32 seconds, against 12-second slots and about 13 minutes today. It also has nodes checking a proof instead of re-executing every block.

The first of five cuts to Solana's storage deposit reaches mainnet this week, trimming roughly 9 per cent. A sixth feature gate exists purely to put the whole thing back.