Ethereum Tries to Save Its Database from Critical Growth

The Ethereum Foundation is exploring ways to address its growing database issue by considering elements of the UTXO model, which is used by Cardano.

This proposal was put forth by researcher Toni Wahrstätter in EIP-8141, a standard that aims to make simple payments 'one-time use' and reduce unnecessary data growth by 99.8% for basic L1 transfers.

Ethereum's account-based model stores active data on every wallet balance, even for one-time transactions, which contributes to the problem.

The idea has entered the Strawman discussion track, with Vitalik Buterin following it closely.

In response, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson expressed frustration and accused his former colleagues of hypocrisy, pointing out that he had been working on a modified UTXO model for over 10 years and launched a successful cryptocurrency using this approach.