Morning Edition · Saturday, June 27, 2026
Ethereum Researchers Propose a Fourth Protocol Layer Built Around Memory
A research post argues that treating state as a managed memory layer could reshape how the network scales beyond execution and data.
A post on the Ethereum Research forum proposes thinking about the protocol in terms of a fourth layer organized around memory. The author argues that early blockchain designs, including Bitcoin's, behaved less like a truly distributed compu…
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Ethereum Maps Its Next L2 Scaling Round
Over the coming months Ethereum researchers advance a post-Glamsterdam scaling roadmap that raises layer-2 throughput while preserving censorship resistance, tying execution and bandwidth costs to base-layer ether transfers.
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