Ethereum Shifts Focus from Proofs of Concept to Scaling Infrastructure

Ethereum's next decade is shaping up to be focused on scaling its infrastructure rather than making headlines with a single major upgrade.

The network has already seen significant growth, securing approximately $229.5 billion in value by mid-2026 and having around $79 billion in ETH staked.

Ethereum's long-term strategy relies heavily on Layer 2 rollups, which can currently process transactions at a cost 5-20 times lower than mainnet transactions.

Future upgrades aim to further increase capacity, with the goal of supporting over 100,000 transactions per second through full Danksharding.