Vitalik Advocates Adding Multiple "Strict Fixed Rules" to Strengthen the Security and Efficiency of the Ethereum Protocol

[Vitalik Advocates for Adding Multiple “Hard Fixed Rules” to Strengthen Ethereum Protocol Security and Efficiency] vitalik.eth posted on X, saying, "I’m always pleased to see people recognize these protocol modifications that add hard fixed rules. Such changes not only improve protocol security but also enhance its adaptability for the future.

2021: Ethereum Improvement Proposals EIP-2929 and EIP-3529 (increasing gas costs for storage read operations and reducing gas refunds) 2024: Weakening the selfdestruct contract instruction (implemented with the Dencun upgrade) 2025: Setting a single transaction gas limit of 16,777,216

All of the above modifications set various hard limits on the maximum processing capacity per block or transaction, which not only completely mitigates several types of denial-of-service attack risks but also simplifies client code and opens up more feasible paths to improve system efficiency.

I anticipate the need to promote the implementation of the following hard rules in the near future:

Limiting the number of accessible code bytes (short-term plan: increase the cost of calling large contracts; mid-term plan: adopt a binary tree storage structure with block-based fee model) Restricting the verifier compute cycles for zero-knowledge proof Ethereum Virtual Machine (synchronously adjusting relevant fee standards) Adjusting memory charging methods to set a clearer hard upper limit for maximum EVM memory consumption