Did Ethereum Really Solve the Trilemma?
In today’s episode, we discuss Vitalik's recent comments on zero-knowledge technology and the scalability trilemma. The three of us unpack what’s actually changed since 2017, how advances like data availability sampling and zkEVMs reshape Ethereum’s execution and verification model, and whether these developments meaningfully alter the decentralization–security–scalability trade-offs.
We discuss:
Ethereum’s original scalability trilemma
Why the trilemma existed in 2017
Ethereum vs Solana trade-offs
Decentralization vs throughput
What data availability sampling really does
BLOBs, L2s, and…
The skinny
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