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Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum (ETH), has expressed his anticipation for the arrival of “Verkle trees” on the blockchain network. The integration of the data structure would see a significant improvement in the disk space used by staking nodes.
In a post on social media platform X, Buterin said that he is “looking forward” to Verkle trees, which will reportedly bring multiple benefits to the Ethereum blockchain. The Ethereum founder said,
I’m really looking forward to Verkle trees. They will enable stateless validator clients, which can allow staking nodes to run with near-zero hard disk space and sync nearly instantly – far better solo staking UX. Also good for user-facing light clients.https://t.co/Bg2KXH07Id
— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) February 18, 2024
As per the information provided by the Ethereum creator, Verkle trees will allow for the creation of many new types of functionality in addition to stateless clients, saving a significant amount of storage space requir…
