🚨MUST READ: Vitalik just quietly rewrote
$ETH roadmap.
• For years, L2s were framed as “Ethereum shards”
• Cheap execution
• Backed by L1 security
• Part of one unified system
That model no longer fits reality.
Two things changed:
1️⃣ Ethereum L1 is scaling fast. Fees are already near zero and gas limits are set to rise sharply in 2026.
2️⃣ Most L2s aren’t becoming fully trustless Stage-2 rollups. Some don’t even want to.
So Vitalik’s shift is simple but profound:
L2s aren’t here to “scale Ethereum” anymore.
They’re here to add things Ethereum itself won’t do.
✓ Privacy
✓ Ultra-fast trading
✓ AI execution
✓ Specialized VMs
✓ App-specific chains
✓ Non-financial use cases
Ethereum becomes the credibility layer.
L2s become feature layers.
The glue between them is what matters now
- Native ZK proof verification
- Trustless interoperability
- Synchronous composability
In other words:
Ethereum is turning into the base layer of digital trust.
L2s are turning into everything built on top of it.
No hype.
No price call.
Just a fundamental change in how the ecosystem is being designed. 👀
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