{"id":668183,"date":"2025-05-09T23:30:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T20:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ethereums-new-staking-limit-is-not-a-risk-to-decentralization-says-consensys-researcher\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T23:30:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T20:30:37","slug":"ethereums-new-staking-limit-is-not-a-risk-to-decentralization-says-consensys-researcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ethereums-new-staking-limit-is-not-a-risk-to-decentralization-says-consensys-researcher\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum&#039;s new staking limit is not a risk to decentralization, says Consensys researcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 15px;width:240px\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjUtMDMvMDE5NWE1ODQtZWNiNS03NmQ1LWJiODMtOTdlYmRlYmM3MDVk.jpg\" class=\"type:primaryImage\">\n                    <\/p>\n<p>The increase in Ether\u2019s staking cap from 32 to 2,048 ETH could make the feature more attractive to institutional participants.<\/p>\n<p><p>Ethereum\u2019s Pectra upgrade doesn\u2019t pose a threat to decentralization, according to Mallesh Pai, senior research director at blockchain software firm Consensys, describing the update as a cleanup of the behind-the-scenes \u201cbusy work\u201d currently handled by validators. <\/p>\n<p>During a May 9 Cointelegraph X Space, Pai <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/spaces\/1kvJpynQYAmxE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/spaces\/1kvJpynQYAmxE\">said<\/a> a validator\u2019s chances of proposing a block or earning rewards remain tied to how much ETH they hold, adding that larger validators don\u2019t gain any new advantages under the upgrade: <\/p>\n<p>Pectra is Ethereum\u2019s most extensive network upgrade since the Merge took place in September 2022. Pectra allows validators to stake as much as 2,048 ETH, up from the previous limit of 32 ETH. The new standard has raised community concerns about the risks of centralization on the network.<\/p>\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Ethereum\u2019s Pectra upgrade doesn\u2019t pose a threat to decentralization, according to Mallesh Pai, senior research director at blockchain software firm Consensys, describing the update as a cleanup of the behind-the-scenes \u201cbusy work\u201d currently handled by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":668184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=90,width=1200\/https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2025-03\/0195a584-ecb5-76d5-bb83-97ebdebc705d","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[74983,74891,156155],"class_list":["post-668183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-decentralization","tag-ethereum","tag-pectra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}