Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has commented on the blockchain's state storage issues, highlighting that even if users store data themselves and the blockchain only retains hashes with transactions containing proofs, the data required to verify these proofs still needs to be stored and updated. This data can become nearly as large as the state itself. Buterin noted that while solutions exist, they involve numerous components and require trade-offs compared to the current Ethereum setup. Previously, DeFi writer marilyn100x.eth pointed out that Ethereum's state storage problem involves developers paying once to write data, while nodes bear long-term storage costs. EIP-8037, however, does not implement time-weighted rent or ongoing fees but significantly increases the upfront gas costs for new contracts, accounts, and storage slots to manage state growth during scaling.