The next crucial step, which involves verifying the new blob data using a cautious variant of Data Availability Sampling (DAS) called PeerDAS, has been alluded to by co-founder Vitalik Buterin of Ethereum, just over two weeks after the successful Dencun upgrade deployed EIP-4844, or “proto-danksharding,” to help reduce Layer 2 gas fees.
After blob activation was finished, Ethereum scaling “ceased to be a ‘zero-to-one’ problem, and became a ‘one-to-N’ problem,” according to Buterin. PeerDAS-verified blob verification opens the door for further protocol scaling options.
The ultimate goal is to provide full data availability sampling, which will permit the use of up to 16MB of data per slot. But this will be a step-by-step procedure whereby blob capacity grows gradually in the background without interfering with users’ or applications’ use.
The Dencun team will focus on Layer 2 platform optimization in the interim to make the most of the newly available blob data space. Since incorporating EIP-4844, gas prices have already significantly decreased for a number of Ethereum L2s.
Ethereum is making a significant advancement toward wider acceptance and sustainable scaling by lowering transaction costs with the addition of blob verification to the roadmap.