Degen

Ethereum gas fees just hit $0.03.

You still think we still “need” Layer 2s just for cheaper transactions?

The entire point of L2s was:
“Ethereum is too expensive to use.”

So we built rollups.
Spent years onboarding users.
Raised billions.
Fragmented liquidity across chains.

Now?

Mainnet is cheap.

The core narrative is gone.

Does that mean L2s are dead?

But it does mean they have to evolve.

Because if your L2 is just “cheaper Ethereum”…
You’re now competing with Ethereum itself — and losing.

The next wave of L2s won’t be cost-driven.

They’ll be use-case driven.
↳ Gaming chains.
↳ DePIN infra.
↳ zk-native experiences.
↳ Chain-specific UX wins.

Ethereum isn’t scaling down to meet L2s.

It’s forcing them to level up or fade awa