TechFlow reports, according to Cointelegraph, that Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and the Ethereum Foundation are considering at least five methods to reduce Ethereum's maximum block size, aiming to optimize the blockchain for a "rollup-centric roadmap."
On February 5, Buterin and Ethereum Foundation researcher Toni Wahrstätter stated that with mid-to-long-term focus shifting toward rollups, there is a perception that block space utilization has not yet been optimized—pointing out that effective block size has roughly doubled over the past 12 months. Buterin and Wahrstätter explained, "This could be due to the increasing number of rollups beginning to use Ethereum for data availability, as well as trends like inscriptions."
The two concluded that simply raising calldata costs to 42 might be "too blunt," while creating a separate fee market could "add too much complexity." The article states: "A balanced solution might involve increasing the cost of calldata while reducing the cost of certain operations, or moving toward a model that incentivizes more efficient use of calldata within the EVM." Buterin had previously proposed, in 2021, limiting calldata per block to lower gas costs.
