Martin Köppelmann, co-founder and CEO of Gnosis, dives into the urgent need for native rollups to fix Ethereum's scalability woes. He critiques current layer 2 solutions, arguing they fall short on security and composability. His bold proposal includes 128 Ethereum-native rollups utilizing zero-knowledge proofs for enhanced privacy and speed. The conversation also tackles potential threats to existing L2s and whether the community is ready to embrace this transformative approach, all while ensuring that these innovations align with Ethereum's core principles.
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Layer 2 Limitations
Current Ethereum scaling only partially achieves its goals.
Layer 2s are loosely connected, creating liquidity fragmentation and replicated infrastructure.
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Native Rollups Proposal
Köppelmann proposes native rollups, developed and maintained by the Ethereum community.
These offer greater trust and a streamlined upgrade process, aligning with Ethereum's principles.
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128 Rollups Rationale
Köppelmann suggests 128 native rollups to maximize Ethereum block space.
This number depends on increasing blob space, a limitation currently under discussion.
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Martin Köppelmann, co-founder of Gnosis, has proposed that Ethereum should have native rollups—a vision aimed at addressing scalability and decentralization.
Köppelmann critiques the current state of layer 2 solutions, highlighting their limitations in fully inheriting Ethereum’s security and composability.
He proposes a bold alternative: 128 Ethereum-native rollups designed to expand block space, strengthen alignment with Ethereum’s core principles, and ensure long-term viability for developers and users.
Plus, Martin tackles the controversies: Are L2s parasitic? Could native rollups spell the end for existing solutions? And why should they rely on zero-knowledge proofs instead of Optimism?
Show highlights:
Whether the Ethereum scaling roadmap is accomplishing its goals
Why based rollups are not a full solution, according to Martin
What Martin proposes instead
Why Martin is proposing these rollups to be ZK-rollups instead of optimistic
Whether the proposed solution would focus on privacy
What it is about chain abstraction that Martin doesn’t like
How he envisions that these native rollups will solve many composability issues across L2s
Whether the community has embraced this proposal and how likely it is to be implemented
What would happen to current L2s if native rollups get implemented
Why despite being against the current state of L2s, Martin says that they are not parasitic to Ethereum
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