Vitalik Buterin vs. Layer-2 Protocols

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A number of years in the past Vitalik made a HUGE push for different blockchains (often known as ‘layer-2 protocols’) to return in and assist Ethereum course of extra transactions, quicker and extra effectively.

This week, Buterin posted on his Ethereum weblog that he desires to take again a number of the layer-2 capabilities.

Some are speculating that he is doing all of this simply to assist push the value of ETH up. After 8 years of ups-and-downs, it looks like a bizarre time for Vitalik to begin meddling with ETH’s value like that…However hey, Crypto Twitter is entitled to its personal opinions.

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Uh oh, is Vitalik greedy at straws??

OR

Is he onto one thing?

Have you learnt him? Allow us to catch you up:

Vitalik Buterin is likely one of the founders of Ethereum.

A number of years in the past he made a HUGE push for different blockchains (often known as ‘layer-2 protocols’) to return in and assist Ethereum course of extra transactions, quicker and extra effectively.

So – a ton of corporations made layer-2 protocols which have introduced in billions of {dollars} and helped onboard new customers and tech.

Nicely, now he is going again on his phrase a lil’ bit…

This week, Buterin posted on his Ethereum weblog that he desires to take again a number of the layer-2 capabilities.

His concepts make a little bit of sense:

Tech is extra up to date now, so the layer-1 chain (Ethereum) may take all of the added stress.

Plus, it’s safer not having a center man.

BUT: (and that is the juicy half)

Some are speculating that he is doing all of this simply to assist push the value of ETH up. Certain, the token is doing nice, however ETH isn’t booming the identical approach a few of its counterparts are (i.e. Solana, Bitcoin, Avalanche…)

After 8 years of ups-and-downs, it looks like a bizarre time for Vitalik to begin meddling with ETH’s value like that…

However hey, Crypto Twitter is entitled to its personal opinions.