Ethereum’s scaling path has always been iterative and with the Pectra upgrade, blob capacity has increased from 3 to 6 per block.
Just a week later, average usage is already approaching 4 blobs per block. One-third of that new capacity is already in use. Just as L2s Keep growing, it is clear that more capacity will be needed to sustain Ethereum’s momentum.
To truly scale, Ethereum needs to embrace the next phase of scaling. Validiums and optimiums offer that next step, but only when paired with trust-minimized, verifiable data availability.
That is where Avail comes in. Avail offers Ethereum-grade guarantees, ensuring transaction data remains transparent and accessible. But it also brings what Ethereum does not yet support: Data Availability Sampling and light clients. These allow users to independently verify data from their own devices without relying on full nodes or RPCs.
@Sophon has already implemented with this model. In just five months, it has processed over 65 million transactions, onboarded more than 100,000 users, and posted over 11GB of data to Avail. It also became the first validium to verify data availability on Ethereum itself.
Avail is purpose-built for data availability and scales without compromise. Block sizes have doubled from 2MB to 4MB, tested up to 16MB, with a long-term roadmap aiming for 10GB. Validiums and optimiums powered by Avail are not a speculative alternative. They are a live, working solution that gives Ethereum room to grow today while staying aligned with Danksharding roadmap. The shift is already underway.
