Vitalik discusses how to improve proof of stake technology, aiming to enable validators to pledge with 1 ETH

ChainCatcher news, Vitalik published a lengthy article on Warpcast titled "Possible futures of the Ethereum protocol, part 1: The Merge", in which he emphasized exploring "What improvements can be made to the technical design of proof-of-stake and what are the ways to achieve this goal?"

Vitalik stated that the three goals of Ethereum staking are to maximize the number of validators who can participate in staking (which directly implies minimizing the minimum ETH required for staking); to shorten as much as possible the time until finality; and minimize node operation costs. Ideally, economic finality should be maintained while improving two areas: completing blocks within one slot (ideally maintaining or even reducing current length from 12 seconds), instead of 15 minutes; allowing validators to stake with just 1 ETH (lower than 32 ETH).