Виталик Бутерин прокомментировал критику времени ожидания вывода ETH из стейкинга Translation: Vitalik Buterin comments on the criticism of the waiting time for ETH withdrawals from staking.

Co-founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, addressed concerns regarding the lengthy waiting period for the withdrawal of coins locked in staking.

As of September 18, 2.49 million ETH are awaiting withdrawal, with the total unlocking of this amount expected to take over 43 days.

This figure represents an all-time high, which has sparked anxiety within the community. In a now-deleted post, the head of Galaxy Digital’s DeFi sector, Michael Marcantonio, referred to the length of the exit queue from staking as “worrisome.”

He drew a comparison between Ethereum and Solana, where the withdrawal process takes only two days.

“It’s unclear how a network that requires 45 days to return assets can be considered a viable candidate to lead a new era of global capital markets,” noted Marcantonio.

Buterin later joined the discussion, suggesting that exiting staking “is more akin to a soldier deciding to leave the army.”

“Staking is a commitment to a solemn duty of safeguarding the blockchain. The friction involved in exiting the game is part of the deal. An army cannot remain cohesive if a portion of it can suddenly leave at any moment,” he explained.

Buterin acknowledged that the current queue structure is not entirely optimal. However, he added that naively reducing constants would render the chain significantly less secure for infrequently online nodes.

Marcantonio faced a backlash over his post, with many community members rushing to defend Ethereum.

Former ConsenSys product manager Jimmy Ragosa claimed that the Galaxy leader only managed to damage business relationships with other companies through his criticism of ETH.

“It seems that Galaxy pressured its DeFi head to remove all his FUD-related messages about Ethereum. [Marcantonio] was involved in incredibly underhanded psychological operations, but I am strongly opposed to corporate censorship,” noted lawyer Gabriel Shapiro.

FogoChain co-founder Robert Sags took a nuanced stance, comparing staking to banking. He argued that both 45 days and two days are excessive waiting periods for withdrawals.

“Exiting staking is not the same as withdrawing client funds from a bank. It is akin to withdrawing risk or charter capital,” countered a user nicknamed chainyoda.

It’s worth remembering that on September 15, the Ethereum network celebrated three years since the activation of The Merge update. A pivotal moment in this transition was the shift of the blockchain to the Proof-of-Stake algorithm and the introduction of staking.