The Technical Leaps Hardening Ethereum's zkEVM Future
Ethereum’s zkEVM, post-quantum security, and client-side proving are converging into a leaner, scalable L1 plan.
As Ethereum reorients away from rollup-centrism and back toward L1 scalability, work on three interconnected upgrades has ramped up considerably over the past few weeks – promising a more performant future that doubles down on the values that distinguish Ethereum.
Each upgrade has made material progress recently, with 2026 poised to be the year they get delivered! Here's where each stands and how they fit together for a brighter future for Ethereum and the world.
The ecosystem is still digesting Vitalik's recent declaration that rollup-centrism "no longer makes sense." But if rollups are no longer Ethereum's north star, what is?
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David Christopher
David is a writer/analyst at Bankless. Prior to joining Bankless, he worked for a series of early-stage crypto startups and on grants from the Ethereum, Solana, and Urbit Foundations. He graduated from Skidmore College in New York. He currently lives in the Midwest and enjoys NFTs, but no longer participates in them.
