
Is Layer 2 Fragmentation Hurting Ethereum’s Long-Term Dominance?
Layer-2 (L2) rollups were meant to scale Ethereum, but the explosion of over 50 distinct L2 networks has splintered liquidity, hampered composability, and fragmented user experience, threatening Ethereum’s cohesion and long-term dominance. Liquidity pools spread thin across Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, and dozens of others increase slippage, reduce market efficiency,