Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, commented on the new user guidelines for users in the US and Canada who use Startlink Internet at home on Twitter. For proto-danksharding, he thinks 1 TB via Elon Musk's Starlink is sufficient.
Vitalik on Proposed 1 TB Starlink Scalability Solution for Ethereum
For proto-danksharding, Buterin claimed that "a soft cap of 1 TB" of monthly household usage power is sufficient. But "not for the scaling endgame," he tweets. Additionally, he added that "complete danksharding with data availability sampling is still required for node running to be sustainable over the long term" in Ethereum.
1 TB monthly ~= 400 kB/sec, or 4.8 MB per slot. Enough for proto-danksharding, but not for the scaling endgame.
— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) November 5, 2022
We do still need full danksharding with data availability sampling to make node running viable in the long term. https://t.co/FAX59yyU0G
As a scaling option for the Ethereum chain, which had experienced frequent congestion in recent years, Vitalik proposed proto-danksharding (also known as EIP-4844) in March of this year. Data verification for blob-carrying transactions, which EVM is unable to handle, can be done using proto-danksharding. It was proposed as an alternative to danksharding, and instead of creating additional space for transfers on Ethereum, it divides transactions into data blobs and gives extra room for them.
But neither suggestion has yet been put into action. As noted on the updated roadmap Vitalik posted earlier today, by "endgame" he meant fully SNARKed Ethereum.
Vitalik releases new Ethereum roadmap, big changes include Endgame: fully SNARKed ethereum. The Scourge: ensure reliable and fair credibly neutral transaction inclusion, solve MEV issues. Single slot finality as stage 2 Merge milestone. https://t.co/OqPJkB5U81
— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) November 5, 2022
Starlink Raises Soft Cap for Home Users to 1 TB
In the US and Canada, Starlink has announced a minor modification to the terms of service for residential Internet subscribers. Users with an unlimited bandwidth will now have access to a "fair usage" policy, which means they will begin each new month with Priority Access. However, if they go above 1 TB for the month, they can still use the Basic Access rate to conclude the billing cycle. If the network is busy, clients with Basic Access will have a slower connection than those with Priority Access since Basic Access assumes a lower priority in usage.
