<aside> 💡 Verkle Trees = Vector Commitments + Merkle Trees

</aside>

Contents

site maintained by @rudolf6, @ignaciohagopian, and @gballet (ping with any questions/requests)

1  Introduction

Updated: Apr 08, 2024

<aside> ✨ Tl;dr: Verkle Trees and statelessness bring many benefits to Ethereum

• Smaller proof sizes allow proofs to be passed over the network, which will unlock many new types of functionality in addition to stateless clients

• Lower hardware requirements to run a node, which improves decentralization

• New nodes can join the network right away with faster sync

• Potential scaling benefits in that it could allow for higher gas limits

• More compatible with a zk-EVM future </aside>

• What are Verkle Trees?

• Why?

• How?

• Want to help?

• What’s up with the elephant?