Exchange Ranking
Top Exchanges
24h Volume Ranking
Popularity Ranking
Exchange BTC Balance
Proof of Reserves
Decentralized Exchanges
Funding Rate
Funding Heatmap
Liquidation Data
Max Pain
Long/Short Ratio
Whale L/S Ratio
Binance/Okex/Huobi L/S
Bitfinex Margin L/S
ETF Tracker
Solana ETF
XRP ETF
Hong Kong ETF
Bitcoin Treasuries
Crypto Reversal
Ethereum Reserves
HyperLiquid Wallet Analysis
Hyperliquid Whale Watch
Large Transactions
On-chain Movement
Bitcoin ROI
Stablecoin Market Cap
Options Analysis
News
Articles
Economic Calendar
Features
Wallet
Contract Calculator
Security
Collections
Watchlist
Following
ETH Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin showcases 461GiB streamlined nodes, highlighting new uses for AI computers.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin shared a forked Geth node that only takes up 461GiB of storage space, demonstrating how local AI computers can independently support Ethereum's data verification. With the improvement of the synchronization mechanism, node construction time has been greatly shortened, and Ethereum officially recommends that users equip larger hard drives to accommodate the needs of different clients and future network data growth.
Running personal nodes can reduce reliance on third-party service providers, but until protection tools such as Kohaku are further improved, wallet connection methods may still affect users 'privacy and security.
Hardware reuse: From local large models to Ethereum verification
According to Buterin, his reduced version of Gath node only uses 461 GiB of storage space. This data shows that verification of Ethereum data is no longer an out of reach for some computers built specifically for local artificial intelligence (AI) computing.
Generally, users running large language models locally purchase high-performance processors and high-speed drives with enough space to store the huge model files. These same hardware components can also support the operation of Ethereum nodes, providing owners with another way to make the most of existing hardware.
通过运行个人节点，用户可以直接验证以太坊数据，而不必完全依赖第三方提供商。此外，本地访问还能减少提供商获取的用户查询地址和交易信息，从而在一定程度上提升隐私性。
同步技术突破：Snap Sync与EIP-4444的作用
根据布特林的更新，在他所描述的条件下，以太坊节点现在大约只需半天时间即可完成同步。他将这一效率的提升归功于客户端开发者在“快照同步”（Snap Sync）方面的工作，以及涉及EIP-4444提案的努力。
快照同步允许Geth获取最新的网络状态并快速追赶，而无需存储每一个历史状态。同时，“修剪”（Pruning）机制会移除标准全节点不需要在本地保留的旧状态数据。
EIP-4444主要解决执行客户端如何处理较旧的区块链历史数据的问题，尽管该提案目前仍处于草案阶段。与此同时，以太坊的一般性指导方针建议用户配备2 TB的NVMe硬盘，这比布特林个人设置所使用的容量更为充裕。
隐私考量：硬件并非唯一因素
仅拥有强大的硬件并不足以让用户获得运行节点的全部益处。即使用户构建了本地基础设施，其钱包或应用程序仍可能通过商业RPC服务发送请求。
出于对这类请求的隐私担忧，布特林还描述了将部分活动从基于浏览器的应用迁移到命令行工具的做法。相关的隐私保护工作包括Kohaku项目，该项目致力于为以太坊钱包开发保护工具，并正在开发一款用于保护余额隐私的实验性命令行钱包。
对于拥有高性能AI电脑的用户来说，这一变化带来的实际意义非常直接：他们现有的硬件可能使以太坊验证变得更加普及，但其选择的钱包类型和连接方式仍然会对隐私产生影响。
