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Story: Ethereum Faces Dual Pressure From Technical and Institutional Fronts

By Sakamoto Nashi

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Buterin Admits Core Inefficiency in Ethereum’s Scaling System. In a candid post on X (formerly Twitter), Vitalik Buterin admitted that Ethereum’s modexp…

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The Institutional Exit Intensifies. While Ethereum’s engineers debate the future of modexp, the capital markets are showing a loss of…

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Market Analysis: ETH Price Under Pressure. At the time of writing, Ethereum traded near $3,480, following a heavy two-day sell-off that…

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The Broader Implication for Ethereum’s Future. This situation is more than a short-term technical hiccup.

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Community Sentiment and Next Steps. The developer community has reacted with urgency rather than despair.

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Ethereum’s Path Forward. The next few months will determine whether Ethereum can balance technical execution and investor…

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Ethereum [ETH] is enduring one of its toughest weeks in recent months. Co-founder Vitalik Buterin has openly acknowledged a serious technical limitation slowing down the…

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For a project long considered the backbone of decentralized innovation, this combination of technical strain and capital flight has triggered deep concern among traders and…

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In a candid post on X (formerly Twitter), Vitalik Buterin admitted that Ethereum’s modexp precompile—a mathematical operation used in cryptographic proof verification—is…

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According to Buterin, the current implementation can make ZK-EVM proving up to 50 times slower than average block processing.

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In an unusually self-critical tone, Buterin even remarked that he “bows his head in shame” for creating a component that now represents a major roadblock for scalability.

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This acknowledgment resonated across the Ethereum community. Developers quickly pointed out that while the inefficiency may seem technical, its implications are far-reaching —…

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As one community member aptly summarized:

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“The opportunity cost of optimizing obscure opcodes is huge compared to improving core scalability layers.”

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In essence, Ethereum’s scaling challenge isn’t just a matter of upgrading code — it’s about rebuilding the foundation to sustain the next wave of blockchain adoption.

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