It’s refreshing from the L2 side to have an L1 focused org like
@ethlabs_org making collaboration with L2s a core priority.
EthLabs is working on UX improvements like shorter slots & native AA, finality, interop, PQ security, censorship resistance & scaling. These are areas where close coordination with L2s matters.
@Offchain is fully committed to Ethereum’s cypherpunk principles, ecosystem & long-term success. We believe in settling on the most decentralized chain in the world, and want to help make L1 stronger.
Across my time working on
@Arbitrum and previously
@ZKsync, we’ve had valuable collaboration with Ethereum Foundation. But consulting L2s on protocol design, product priorities, UX, & performance constraints often felt secondary. I’ve heard that sentiment shared across other L2s, wallet teams, & dapp devs.
L2s process the vast majority of Ethereum ecosystem transactions & work directly with businesses, developers and users. We see the adoption barriers & technical bottlenecks firsthand.
We’ve spent years improving scaling, UX, DevEx & proving. Several approaches now discussed in ACD have already been researched or implemented by L2 teams, bringing practical experience into L1 discussions.
As the Core Protocol PM at Offchain leading our L1 coordination, I’m happy to be working closely with EthLabs on these shared priorities 💙