Ethereum competes with other chains like Solana or BNB Chain, thanks largely to its layer-2 solutions.
In fact, while the layer-1 of Solana and BNB Chain do not require layer-2 solutions due to their very fast and cost-effective transactions, Ethereum’s layer-1, on the other hand, needs layer-2 to compete on equal footing in these aspects.
The most important Ethereum layer-2 solutions are Arbitrum, Base, Optimism, Polygon, zkSync Era, and Starknet.
These are different solutions based either on easily implementable rollups or on secure and fast zero-knowledge (ZK) protocols.
Arbitrum
Arbitrum is the leading layer-2 of Ethereum for adoption and liquidity.
It was developed by Offchain Labs and has reached a DeFi TVL of approximately 3 billion dollars.
It is a 100% EVM-compatible layer-2, allowing developers to migrate dApps from Ethereum without needing to make any modifications.
Specifically, Arbitrum One handles up to 40,000 theoretical transactions per second, wi
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