- Top Ethereum developers cite urgency in pledging cooperation.
- So-called native rollups could bring greater security to layer 2 blockchains.
- Ether’s lackluster price performance has fueled a wave of anger this month.
One developer called it a “moment of inflection.” Another called it, simply, “wartime.”
Several influential software developers building on Ethereum pledged on Friday to cooperate after the world’s second-largest blockchain was roiled this month by accusations it is quickly losing relevance.
The problem is an old one — can Ethereum scale to fulfil its promise as the backbone of a new, decentralised internet? Developers from competing layer 2 blockchains, including Base, Optimism, Arbitrum, and Scroll said they would collaborate to overcome a key problem on that score: the sense the blockchain’s community is fracturing into dozens of fiefdoms as layer 2s compete for users and liquidity.
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