The Ethrex team, in collaboration with the Ethereum Foundation and L2BEAT, has introduced the code and documentation for a working environment for native rollups.
We've been working with @kevaundray and @ladislaus0x from @ethereumfndn and @donnoh_eth from @l2beat on a proof of concept of EIP-8079 (native rollups) using @ethrex_client.
— ethrex (@ethrex_client) March 10, 2026
Native rollups reuse Ethereum's own execution to verify L2 state transitions. No ZK circuits, no fraud… pic.twitter.com/VVEtwhheLW
The prototype implements EIP-8079 using the Ethrex client and introduces a new mechanism — the EXECUTE precompiler. This allows L2 blocks to be re-executed on the mainnet, enabling it to independently verify the correctness of transactions.
Currently, all rollups in Ethereum validate transactions using fraud proofs or ZK schemes. Despite their technical complexity, these solutions have become the industry standard.
Native rollups offer a simpler approach: the mainnet recalculates the state through the EXECUTE precompiler. No external proofs are needed — the base layer verifies everything on its own.
If successful, rollups could inherit security and updates directly from Ethereum. Any improvements to the base protocol would automatically apply to second-layer networks, significantly easing their long-term maintenance.
The demonstration at Ethrex highlights a potential development direction: part of the verification logic may return to the base layer. However, this is still an experiment. The current implementation is a proof of concept, not a ready-to-use infrastructure. Native rollups remain in the research phase.
This experiment is part of a broader review of Ethereum's scaling strategy. Earlier, co-founder Vitalik Buterin noted that the rollup-centric roadmap remains in place, but the L2 ecosystem is decentralizing more slowly than expected.
In early March, a programmer urged developers to experiment more actively at the application level without sacrificing the core principles of the protocol.