The Ethereum Beacon Chain, which launched on December 1, 2020, now supports $125 billion in economic security and has 10,000 consensus members.The Beacon Chain guarantees finality and recovery procedures, offering an uninterrupted uptime.The Ethereum Foundation has invested in zero-knowledge virtual machines (zkVMs) to enhance scalability and security.Ethereum's roadmap includes improvements in censorship resistance, maximal extractable value handling, accessibility, and post-quantum security.