目前,单独质押需要大量的财务投资。然而,将其减少到 1 ETH 将需要改变网络。为了保障Ethereum的去中心化,轨道 SSF 的变化可以进一步优化验证者的参与。
以太坊网络允许通过家庭质押参与,存款要求为 32 ETH。要运行Ethereum节点,家庭抵押者必须在其计算机上运行客户端软件。如果个人运行自己的验证器节点,则称为单独抵押。由于 PoS 共识要求将质押的加密货币作为保证金锁定,因此单独的质押者可能没有池质押者拥有的资源。
以 2,300 美元的市场价格计算,32 个 ETH 的价值为 73,600 美元。 Buterin 认为金钱可能是比节点带宽的技术要求更大的障碍。作为反击,他建议网络增加带宽要求,但将验证者押金降低至 16 或 24 ETH。 Buterin 认为这对于可访问性和网络运营来说是双赢的。
我认为有一个理智的版本,我们认识到 32 ETH 比带宽要求更具障碍,并暂时进行交易,我们稍微提高带宽要求,作为交换,将最低质押保证金降低到例如。 16 或 24 ETH。
这对双方都有好处……
— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) 2024 年 10 月 3 日
In the future, Buterin even sees the staking requirement falling to 1 ETH if they establish orbit SSF or single slot finality. Orbit SSF is a proposed mechanism for Ethereum staking to improve validator set management. It aims to improve economic security while increasing the speed of finality.
According to Ethereum research, “The shorter the time allowed to reach finalization, the more computing power is required at each node because the attestation processing has to be done faster.”
Just like the minimum stake is floored at 32 ETH, the time to finality on Ethereum was set at ~15 minutes. Orbit SSF was reportedly proposed to limit active validators and introduce validator rotation to prevent centralization. A smaller validator set while reducing staking requirements is proposed in an attempt to scale Ethereum, improve efficiency, and reduce decentralization.
In a blog two years ago, Buterin explained that the speed and validator changes could allow transactions to be validated in a single slot of 12 seconds. However, the developer acknowledged that SSF will likely involve changing some current system guarantees, like how many people can participate or how rewards are calculated.
At press time, the total Ethereum staked on the Beacon chain amounts to 34,456,696 ETH, from a total of 1,077,689 validators.