Ethereum's rollup-centric roadmap has fully taken shape. Instead of scaling the base layer (L1) directly, Ethereum acts as the highly secure, decentralized settlement layer for a massive ecosystem of Layer-2s (Arbitrum, Optimism, Base).
The Roadmap Phases
The Surge: Reaching 100,000 TPS. Driven by EIP-4844 (Proto-Danksharding) and full Danksharding, which introduced 'blobs' of data aimed exclusively at making L2s exponentially cheaper.
The Scourge: Eliminating MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) centralization risks. Making block building and proposing more equitable to prevent large staking pools from monopolizing the network.
The Verge: Making it easier to verify blocks. Introducing stateless clients and Verkle Trees so anyone can run an Ethereum node on a mobile phone without downloading terabytes of data.
The Purge / The Splurge: Eliminating legacy tech debt, cleaning up historical data, and adding fun quality-of-life improvements like Account Abstraction (EIP-4337).