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.
SOL Strategies, the Nasdaq-listed Solana infrastructure company, has agreed to buy zero-knowledge privacy startup Darklake Labs for $1.2 million, bringing the Zyga proof system and its research team in-house. The acquisition gives the validator operator a native defence against MEV and front-running at a moment when the Solana community is still absorbing its worst DeFi exploit.
