Founder of Ethereum (ETH); Vitalik Buterinshares his opinion on the ongoing debate on how to reduce blockchain’s bloated data storage. Butaline View X came in response to support threads expiration in support state.
Vitalik Buterin rejects expiration dates and proposes partial node solutions
In the context, “Ethereum’s State” refers to all the data you need to track your account balance, token ownership, smart contract storage, and more. Over the years, the state has grown by creating more accounts and contracts.
The amount of resources needed to maintain the nation continues to soar, and it poses serious challenges Network Stability. It also affects network scaling as data storage continues to grow.
About 80% of these data are out of date, but they still occupy space, according to state expiration advocates. Therefore, the state expiration date suggests that older and unused parts of the state must be removed after the period. They believe this will help with the Ethereum scale.
Runs partial state node IMO without taking a state expiration date
They are functionally similar, but the latter does not require consensus layer logic and is much more flexible.
– vitalik.eth (@vitalikbuterin) September 19, 2025
Buterin opposed the proposal. He suggests that instead of enforcing expiration dates at consensus levels, the system should allow nodes to choose to save only a portion of the state.
The founder of Ethereum pointed out that state expiration affects the entire network, but “partial nodes” do not. However, the network remains in perfect condition. This is more flexible and does not require Ethereum to change the core rules.
Ethereum’s long-term roadmap is consistent with Buterin’s view
Vitalik Buterin recently shared its long-term vision for blockchain, focusing on simplifying ecosystems. He emphasized that building a secure, future-free network is important, while still maintaining rapid and responsiveness.
Buterin believes this can be achieved with Quantum Computing Ensures transaction speeds are improved. This shows that the founder’s “partial node” solution takes into account Ethereum’s overall long-term vision.
This outlook is important for Ethereum as competition with other Layer-1 scaling solutions such as Solana and BNB chains is growing very rapidly. The meaning of a scalable mainnet stack is something that can support the RWA tokenization movement and other demands from Wall Street investors.
Supporters like Tom Lee have power in Ethereum design. Maintain 100% uptime Since its release. He believes this strength will help push Ethereum prices to a new all-time high (ATH) that is over $10,000.
