Steven Goldfeder(@sgoldfed):This. I’ve heard a variant of this argument countless times: “There are too many L2s. Way too much fragmentation. Here’s how my new L1 solves everything.” And I literally cannot make sense of this. A new L2 doesn’t add any more fragmentation than a new L1 does.

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Steven Goldfeder@sgoldfed

2026.10.08 15:48

This. I’ve heard a variant of this argument countless times: “There are too many L2s. Way too much fragmentation. Here’s how my new L1 solves everything.” And I literally cannot make sense of this. A new L2 doesn’t add any more fragmentation than a new L1 does.