What Defines an Ethereum L2?

Bartek Kiepuszewski is the Founder of L2BEAT.

In this episode, Bartek breaks down the current landscape of Ethereum’s L2 ecosystem, from how L2s are categorized by stage, to what defines true decentralization, and why transparency remains a part of the foundation of Ethereum's social layer.

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Timestamps

0:00 - Intro
6:44 - Bartek’s background
9:57 - Is Ethereum headed in the right direction?
12:27 - Why Ethereum and L2s need L2BEAT
19:51 - L2BEAT, the Rotten Tomatoes of L2s
24:39 - Sponsor break
25:41 - How L2BEAT is funded as a public good
30:58 - Defining an Ethereum L2
34:35 - How does an L2 derive security from Ethereum L1?
42:11 - The three distinct stages of an L2
47:14 - What do Arbitrum and Base need to progress to Stage 2?
53:44 - Sponsor break
55:04 - Thoughts on based rollups
57:03 - Why might Robinhood have chosen to build an Ethereum L2?
1:00:30 - Justified criticisms of L2s
1:04:53 - What is Data Availability (DA)?
1:11:37 - The fundamental role of zk scaling Ethereum
1:16:19 - A future of zk-powered DeFi
1:20:06 - Closing

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