Layer2s

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Vitalik Buterin is signaling a major reframing of Ethereum’s layer-2 narrative: not the death of rollups, but the end of the idea that L2s are shards...

While Ethereum developers are working hard to develop on-chain scaling solutions, including Sharding, layer-2s is picking up steam. According to L2Beat, as of September 6, all these layer-2 scaling solutions managed nearly $34 billion. Popular as they are,...

Ethereum is a legacy chain that has scaled over time to address the needs of the ever-demanding global user base. To relieve the mainnet of the deluge of transactions, more layer-2 platforms have sprouted. They are cheaper to...

Bartek Kiepuszewski, the co-founder of L2Beat, a portal for tracking Ethereum layer-2 activities, is concerned about the security and consistency of existing off-chain scaling solutions, suggesting that without fraud-proofs, there is room for fraud and irregularities. Focus On Optimism...