TLDR Tech / Crypto
How L1 and L2s Can Build the Strongest Possible Ethereum
The Ethereum Foundation's Platform team published a framework positioning L1 and L2s as complementary layers rather than competitors. L1 serves as the permissionless global hub for settlement, shared state, liquidity, and DeFi, while L2s deliver specialized features like non-EVM execution, privacy, ultra-low latency, and custom sequencing. The post recommends L2s pursue Stage 2 status on L2Beat, synchronous composability, and native rollup architecture to eliminate security councils. ZK technology advances have enabled L1 scaling faster than originally anticipated, with blob capacity currently at roughly 30% utilization.
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