<ul><li>Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed the concept of “partially stateless node” to reduce the resource burden of running Ethereum layer‑1 nodes.</li><li>The partially stateless node design aims to validate blocks statelessly by checking block headers and proofs without maintaining whole Merkle trees or complete history.</li><li>Benefits include lower hardware requirements, enhanced privacy and censorship resistance, and scalability alignment with Ethereum's future upgrades like sharding and layer‑2 rollups.</li><li>Challenges in implementing the partially stateless nodes include integrating the stateless logic into existing systems, addressing latency issues, and ensuring trustworthiness of external RPC fallbacks.</li></ul>

Vitalik Buterin Proposes Partially Stateless Node for Ethereum

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