# #983 - Vitalik Outlines Strawmap Updates, Native Ethereum UTXOs, Lean Consensus *Ethereum researchers update the Ethereum Strawmap and Toni Wahrstätter proposes native UTXOs on Ethereum.* By [ETH Daily](https://ethdaily.io) · 2026-07-06 digest, scaling, research, privacy, zk, ethereum --- Quick Take ---------- * Ethereum Strawmap updates. * Ethereum native UTXOs. * State-minimized Lean Consensus. * Wei Name Service DAO. * * * Advertise --------- [![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/02c38477d3e6da2a21d339e20eca16a8b41de90cc6436fc91eb9f865fd4f63ca.png)](https://ethdaily.io/ads) The trusted Ethereum news briefing since 2022, reaching 6,000+ audio subscribers, 4,000+ newsletter subscribers, and 26k+ combined social followers. Want to reach the ETH Daily audience? Learn more at [ethdaily.io/ads](https://ethdaily.io/ads). * * * Vitalik Outlines Technical Strawmap Updates ------------------------------------------- Ethereum researchers and client teams [updated](https://ethdaily.io/ethereum-strawmap-update-details) the Ethereum technical roadmap known as the Strawmap. The revised framework charts a multi-year transition toward Lean Ethereum, which Vitalik Buterin characterized as the third major iteration of the protocol. The technical trajectory aims to systematically replace core components of the network over the next three to four years while preserving backward compatibility for existing apps. The updated Strawmap focuses on enshrining recursive STARKs directly into the core protocol layer rather than continuing to rely on direct transaction re-execution. The EF Protocol Team has significantly elevated the priority of quantum-safe cryptographic designs, accelerating urgent research into finalizing quantum-resistant blob specifications. On the consensus layer, researchers seek to decouple the available chain from the finality engine, working toward a streamlined one or two-round finality mechanism to deliver simpler, optimal security properties. The roadmap also introduces multi-dimensional gas modeling alongside extensive client architecture simplifications. Wahrstätter Proposes Native Ethereum UTXOs ------------------------------------------ [Published](https://ethdaily.io/wahrstatter-proposes-native-ethereum-utxos) by Ethereum Foundation researcher Toni Wahrstätter, a research proposal outlines a method to introduce native, optional UTXOs to Ethereum. The design addresses Ethereum's growing permanent state footprint, where every single-use transaction or ERC-20 transfer leaves a permanent account leaf or storage slot in active state forever. By bringing Bitcoin-style one-shot payments to Ethereum, the proposal aims to reduce the persistent state footprint of simple payment workloads by roughly 99.8%. The proposal relies on EIP-8141 Frame Transactions to package inputs, outputs, account flows, and fee metrics into signed, value-conserving transitions. Vitalik Proposes State-Minimized Lean Consensus ----------------------------------------------- [Proposed](https://ethdaily.io/buterin-proposes-state-minimized-lean-consensus) by Vitalik Buterin, a design for a Lean consensus upgrade aggressively minimizes beacon chain state requirements by shifting database responsibility to stakers. Instead of the network tracking extensive validator metrics, each node is required to manage their own historic participation data and submit daily zero-knowledge proofs. The model reduces the per-validator footprint on the beacon chain. The proposed mechanism aims to address expensive end-of-epoch processing bottlenecks, which degrade network performance when slot times decrease during single-slot finality. 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