💬 Vitalik's New Article: We Should Continue to Stick to the L2 Scaling Path, but L2 Needs to Fulfill Its Commitments, Such as Contributing Certain Revenues to Support $ETH

Vitalik @VitalikButerin has published a new article today, outlining Ethereum Layer1, Layer2, and future scaling issues. In the article, Vitalik mentioned that one potential shortcut for scaling is to abandon Layer2 and accomplish all work through a higher Layer1 with increased Gas limits. However, this approach would undermine the advantages of Ethereum's current social structure, which has been very effective in simultaneously fostering various forms of research, development, and ecosystem building cultures. Therefore, we should persist and continue to primarily scale through Layer2, but we must ensure that Layer2 indeed fulfills the commitments they are supposed to meet. This means the following needs to be accomplished: Layer1 needs to accelerate the expansion of Blobs; Layer1 also needs to moderately scale the EVM and increase gas limits; Layer2 needs to continue enhancing security; L2s and wallets need to accelerate improvements and standardize interoperability; Layer2 deposit and withdrawal times need to become faster; as long as basic interoperability requirements are met, heterogeneous Layer2s are not an issue; the economic model of $ETH should be clarified, ensuring that $ETH continues to accumulate value even in a Layer2-intensive world. Regarding the economic model of $ETH, Vitalik also mentioned encouraging Layer2 to support $ETH by contributing a certain percentage of fees, which can be achieved through burning part of the fees, permanently staking them, and donating the proceeds to public goods in the Ethereum ecosystem or through other schemes.