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Scaling Ethereum L1 and L2s in 2025 and beyond

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Special thanks to Tim Beiko, Justin Drake, and developers from various L2 teams for feedback and review The goal of Ethereum is the same as what it has been from day 1: building a global, censorship-resistant permissionless blockchain. A free and open platform for decentralized applications, built upon the same principles (what we might call today the regen and cypherpunk ethos) as GNU + Linux, Mozilla, Tor, Wikipedia, and many other great free and open source software projects that came before it. Over the past ten years, Ethereum has also evolved another property that I have come to greatly appreciate: in addition to the innovation in cryptography and economics, Ethereum is also an innovation in social technology. Ethereum as an ecosystem is a working, live demonstration of a new, more open and decentralized way of building things together. Political philosopher Ahmed Gatnash describes his experience at Devcon as follows: ... A glimpse of what an alternative world could look like - o

Dark Mode Toggle Scaling Ethereum L1 and L2s in 2025 and beyond 2025 Jan 23 See all posts Scaling Ethereum L1 and L2s in 2025 and beyond Special thanks to Tim Beiko, Justin Drake, and developers from various L2 teams for feedback and review The goal of Ethereum is the same as what it has been from day 1: building a global, censorship-resistant permissionless blockchain . A free and open platform for decentralized applications, built upon the same principles (what we might call today the regen and cypherpunk ethos) as GNU + Linux, Mozilla, Tor, Wikipedia, and many other great free and open sour

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