Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum explores recursive STARK mempools to address quantum security and privacy scaling

Speaking at ETHShanghai 2026, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin discussed EIP-8288, noting that Ethereum is exploring recursive STARK mempools to balance quantum security, privacy, and network scalability. Vitalik highlighted that quantum-resistant signature verification and privacy proofs currently impose significant gas costs, potentially increasing the on-chain verification burden as these technologies are adopted.