[Vitalik: Ethereum is Exploring Recursive STARK Memory Pools to Address Quantum Security and Privacy Scaling Challenges] ETHShanghai 2026, co-hosted by ETHPanda, PANews, and The Excited Few, officially kicked off today in Shanghai. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin delivered an online speech on the topic of EIP-8288. Vitalik stated that Ethereum is exploring the introduction of a recursive STARK memory pool mechanism to alleviate the conflicts between quantum security, privacy protection, and network scaling. Currently, the cost of quantum-resistant signature verification could reach 100,000 to 300,000 Gas; transactions involving privacy proofs could consume hundreds of thousands or even millions of Gas. As the adoption of quantum-resistant signatures and privacy technologies expands, the on-chain verification burden may further increase.