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PANews|12月 10, 2025 12:52
[Vitalik: Occasional 'Loss of Finality' in Ethereum Does Not Pose Serious Risk] According to Cointelegraph, Vitalik Buterin stated that the occasional 'loss of finality' in Ethereum does not pose a serious risk, as the key is to avoid 'erroneous finalization.' During the finality delay caused by a Prysm client bug, the chain was still able to operate normally. Ethereum expert Fabrizio Romano Genovese explained that when finality is temporarily lost, Ethereum behaves more like Bitcoin, where finality is probabilistic. Ethereum's rules dictate that a block is 'Justified' once it receives votes from over 66% of validators, and after two more epochs (64 blocks), it becomes 'Finalized.' He noted that this situation previously occurred in May 2023. Polygon stated that cross-chain and L2-related transfers will wait for finality, and deposits may be delayed, but there will be no rollbacks or message invalidations.
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