Vitalik Buterin: Shifts Stance to Support Native Rollups as ZK Timeline Matures

Odaily News Vitalik Buterin published an article stating that he is "significantly more supportive of native rollups" compared to the past. Vitalik recalled that a major reason for his previous opposition to native rollups was that their precompilation solution had to choose between ZK mode or Optimistic mode. At that time, ZK-EVMs were not yet mature, and L2s often had to choose between "fast withdrawals but bearing proof risk" and "relying on Ethereum's security but waiting 2–7 days for withdrawals," typically opting for the latter. This weakened Ethereum's composability and promoted the adoption of solutions like multi-signature bridges.

Vitalik pointed out that the situation is now changing: Ethereum's timeline for fully embracing ZK at the L1 level is gradually aligning with the practical progress of introducing native rollup precompilations, which is expected to eliminate the aforementioned core obstacle. He also mentioned that the community is increasingly viewing "synchronous composability" as one of the core values of L2 and is exploring ways to combine rollup-based solutions with low-latency pre-confirmation mechanisms.

Furthermore, Vitalik emphasized that the design of native rollup precompilations should not be hastily implemented. He proposed a vision for the future: if developers are building a rollup that is "EVM plus a few extensions," they should be able to directly reuse the EVM portion from the native rollup precompilation and introduce a custom proof system only for the new functionalities, connecting the two through a standardized approach.