Vitalik: Ethereum Can Withstand Temporary Loss of Finality

Foresight News reported, according to Cointelegraph, that Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated on social media that the Ethereum network can handle temporary loss of finality without facing serious risks. This comment was made after a recent vulnerability in the Prysm Ethereum client, which nearly disrupted the blockchain’s confirmation mechanism.

Vitalik emphasized that what truly needs to be avoided is “finalizing the wrong block,” rather than occasional delays in finality. Experts generally support this view. Fabrizio Romano Genovese, a PhD in Computer Science from Oxford University, pointed out that loss of finality only temporarily changes Ethereum’s confirmation mechanism from deterministic to probabilistic, similar to how bitcoin operates.