Fidelity Report: Rising number of Ethereum validators sparks centralization concerns

According to BlockBeats, Coindesk said that Fidelity Digital Assets pointed out in a research report that the number of validators on the Ethereum blockchain has increased rapidly since the Shapella upgrade last April, raising concerns about technical capabilities and centralization. . Reports show that the number of active validators has increased by 74%, and future roadmap upgrades will become more difficult. Analyst Daniel Gray said that each new validator adds further connections to the network, thereby increasing the overall bandwidth required to maintain consensus. As bandwidth demands grow, validators that cannot keep pace will be removed from the network, and those removed are more likely to be self-hosted nodes, increasing the risk of centralization.