Paradigm ships Solar v0.3 compiler without an EIP

The author argues that the Ethereum ecosystem can bypass its slow core hard fork pipeline to ship new features, pointing to recent developments like Paradigm's Solar compiler, the Ethereum Economic Zone's Rollup X testnet, QuickNode's beta for the Fast Confirmation Rule, and the evm.fast proving benchmark. Combined together, these modular tools could enable advanced decentralized applications—such as liquidations connected directly to mainnet liquidity and quantum-resistant treasury apps—without waiting for mainnet protocol upgrades. Open article →