# Everything you need to know about state expiry

- Speakers: [Han](https://streameth.org/speakers/han)
- Channel: [Devcon 7 SEA](https://streameth.org/devcon_7_sea)
- Date: 2024-11-13
- Duration: 22:25
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/673427cc9dbb7a90e19eae0e

## Description

State growth is a ticking time bomb for Ethereum, yet concrete solutions remain elusive. While statelessness offers promise, it doesn't address the root cause. Enter state expiry – a compelling answer to our growing state problem. In this talk, I'll dive into the analysis of Ethereum's state growth problem down to the key-value pair level, the evolution of state expiry proposals, and the latest research on Ethereum's state expiry solutions.

## About the speakers

### Han

Engineer @ Nethermind