TechFlow news, December 21 — According to Cryptoslate, the Ethereum Foundation has recently made it clear to developers that its ecosystem development focus will shift from "pursuing speed" to "ensuring security," with plans to fully implement 128-bit security standards by 2026. The Foundation believes that while zkEVMs have made significant performance progress over the past year, some solutions rely on insufficiently validated mathematical assumptions, posing a theoretical risk of forged on-chain states. Therefore, the next phase will prioritize strengthening formal verification, attack resistance, and foundational cryptographic security.
Under the Foundation's roadmap, security review and assessment tools will be provided in the future, requiring all zkEVMs to achieve a minimum 128-bit security strength by 2026—a level currently recognized as standard in mainstream cryptography. While the new standard may slow down certain scaling projects, the Foundation emphasizes that, in the long run, attack resistance and trustworthiness are essential prerequisites for attracting institutional users and high-value applications. Security must be solidified before performance improvements can proceed.
