Ethereum state writes get multiplied by the trie
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A state write is not one write.
That sounds obvious if you have stared at Merkle Patricia tries long enough. It still hits differently when you count it block by block.
Across seven complete UTC days, the median Ethereum block made 1,329 logical state writes and rewrote 6,930 MPT nodes.
About 5.26 trie nodes per logical write. Every block. Quietly.