MIT Researcher Says Ethereum, Solana Must Trade Decentralization for Speed
A leading MIT researcher has suggested that Ethereum and Solana will need to compromise some decentralization in order to reach greater speeds and scalability.
The trade-off, they argue, is essential for these networks to support high-throughput applications and compete with traditional infrastructure. While decentralization provides security and censorship resistance, the researcher notes it also imposes limits on transaction capacity and efficiency. For Ethereum and Solana to reach mass adoption in fields like AI, gaming, and global payments, they may need to centralize certain layers or adopt semi-trusted components that retain core blockchain properties but boost performance.
Clever Robot News Desk 8th October 2025
