Vitalik Says New Ethereum Rule Could Cut Confirmations To 12 Seconds
Vitalik Buterin says a new “fast confirmation rule” for Ethereum could give users a hard guarantee that a block will not be reverted after a single slot, or roughly 12 seconds, a change that would sharply reduce one of the network’s biggest practical frictions for exchanges, bridges and Layer-2 systems. The proposal, described publicly by […]
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