# CADS - Composable and distributed systems group

Source: https://yakcollective.substack.com/p/cads-composable-and-distributed-systems-277

## Summary

CADS shares experimental AI-generated digests of weekly Yak Collective live study group calls, as a step in exploring human-machine collaborative cognition. The digest covers Vitalik Buterin's October 17, 2024 article "Possible futures of the Ethereum protocol, part 2: The Surge," along with the Ethereum Roadmap page on The Surge. Points include a current slot size limit of 375KB, with a potential path to 15MB enabling about 60,000 TPS, concerns that the BLS signature scheme raises for hardware chip compatibility, and the Ethereum Foundation's choice not to create a "standard" L2 implementation, with Optimism described as the de facto standard.

## Article

Sharing our experimental call summaries: Al-generated digests for weekly Yak Collective live study groups. A step forward in exploration of human-machine collaborative cognition and Yak Oracle and Yak Memory systems for collective intelligence capabilities.

Vitalik Buterin’s article “Possible futures of the Ethereum protocol, part 2: The Surge” Published: October 17, 2024 https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/10/17/futures2.html

Ethereum Roadmap - The Surge https://ethroadmap.com/surge.html

https://chatgpt.com/share/68503a33-ff4c-8002-a393-5b449c2dc16e

Technical Architecture & Implementation:

Data compression appears to conflict with goals for “stateless” Ethereum nodes

Current slot size limit: 375KB, with potential path to 15MB enabling ~60,000 TPS

BLS signature scheme raises concerns about hardware chip compatibility

Notable progress on blobs implementation and L2 UX improvements

ZK EVMs development advancing well

Governance & Standards:

Ethereum Foundation’s deliberate choice not to create a “standard” L2 implementation

Optimism has emerged as de facto standard

Diversity in L2 approaches:

Base: Customized Optimism stack

Arbitrum: Finance-optimized

Lattice: On-chain gaming focus

EigenLayer: Trust-as-service architecture

Technical Innovations:

RISC-V developments gaining prominence

RISC Zero (https://risczero.com/) creating zkVM based on RISC-V

Discussions about potentially replacing EVM with RISC-V VM

Two-out-of-three system proposed for L2 proofs including human security council component

L2 interoperability improvements focusing heavily on wallet UX

Current Challenges:

Light client research receiving limited attention in Ethereum Foundation organization

Confusion in L2 space due to multiple competing standards

Need to balance decentralization with user experience

Transaction data management becoming critical with rise of micro-transactions (penny transactions becoming common on platforms)

Yak Collective Discord chat: https://discord.com/channels/692111190851059762/1383866803440320623/1383866824541605970