Vitalik Buterin Praises Ethereum’s L1 Scaling as +50% Validator…

• Buterin backs current Ethereum scaling initiatives focusing on L1 and L2.
• The majority of validators expressed a desire for a gas limit increase to enhance the base layer’s scalability.

Ethereum [ETH]
has been prioritizing L2 scaling efforts, particularly after the 2024 Dencun upgrade that delivered cost-effective L2 transactions via blobs.

Nonetheless, there are criticisms directed at L2 for “extracting value” from base layer 1, as demand increasingly gravitated towards more affordable L2 transactions.

Meanwhile,
Solana’s [SOL]
‘s relatively low costs and high performance (notably with Firedancer) pose a significant challenge to Ethereum’s market dominance.

A majority of ETH validators advocate for a gas limit hike

Currently, Ethereum teams are advocating for concurrent scaling of both L1 and L2 to maintain competitiveness.

Ethereum expert Anthony Sossano has reported that over 50% of validators support raising the gas limit on layer 1 (the number of transactions allowed per block).

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