Bankless Is the Ethereum Roadmap Off Track? | Max Resnick
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Sep 4, 2024 
Max Resnick, an Ethereum researcher at Special Mechanism Group, shares his contrarian views on Ethereum's roadmap. He raises concerns about Layer 2 solutions potentially diverting users from the primary chain and critiques the prioritization of these over essential Layer 1 upgrades. Resnick suggests that Ethereum's vision of decentralization and censorship-resistance is in jeopardy and calls for a reevaluation of community priorities. The discussion also touches on the urgency of enhancing Layer 1 infrastructure to support decentralized finance.
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Lost Plot on Roadmap
- Ethereum has prioritized optimistic rollups and cheap blob space.
- Prioritizing Layer 1 throughput, speed, and shorter block times is crucial.
Roadmap Freak Out
- Optimistic rollups were prioritized due to their perceived feasibility and the urgency for cheaper fees.
- The ZK-rollup path was mistakenly thought to be much further away.
Layer 2 Selection Dilemma
- Building a successful app on Ethereum requires considering Layer 2s' varying degrees of decentralization.
- This fragmentation makes choosing the right Layer 2 complex.