目前,單獨質押需要大量的財務投資。然而,將其減少到 1 ETH 將需要改變網絡。爲了保障Ethereum的去中心化,軌道 SSF 的變化可以進一步優化驗證者的參與。
以太坊網絡允許通過家庭質押參與,存款要求爲 32 ETH。要運行Ethereum節點,家庭抵押者必須在其計算機上運行客戶端軟件。如果個人運行自己的驗證器節點,則稱爲單獨抵押。由於 PoS 共識要求將質押的加密貨幣作爲保證金鎖定,因此單獨的質押者可能沒有池質押者擁有的資源。
以 2,300 美元的市場價格計算,32 個 ETH 的價值爲 73,600 美元。 Buterin 認爲金錢可能是比節點帶寬的技術要求更大的障礙。作爲反擊,他建議網絡增加帶寬要求,但將驗證者押金降低至 16 或 24 ETH。 Buterin 認爲這對於可訪問性和網絡運營來說是雙贏的。
我認爲有一個理智的版本,我們認識到 32 ETH 比帶寬要求更具障礙,並暫時進行交易,我們稍微提高帶寬要求,作爲交換,將最低質押保證金降低到例如。 16 或 24 ETH。
這對雙方都有好處……
— 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.