❌ MYTH: "Ethereum L2s Are Killing Ethereum"



This argument misses the bigger picture.
Layer-2 networks are designed to execute activity away from Ethereum mainnet while still relying on Ethereum's security and settlement architecture.
The more interesting question is: does L2 growth actually create value for Ethereum? That's where the debate gets complicated.

L2s can bring:
More users
More transactions
More applications
Lower transaction costs
New liquidity
But Ethereum also needs to capture meaningful economic value from that ecosystem.
So don't blindly accept "more L2 transactions = automatically bullish ETH." Look deeper.

Track: L2 activity + fees + settlement + ETH demand + ecosystem growth.
That's the real analysis.

Bullish or bearish on Ethereum's L2 strategy?

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ChainlinkBeliever
· 2 hours ago
A thriving ecosystem is always better than an on-chain ghost town; survive first, then talk about value capture.
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Re-StakingSucculents
· a day ago
L2 is indeed diverting mainnet gas fees, but ETH remains the settlement layer; in the long term, they are symbiotic.
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GasGuardian
· a day ago
ETH’s monetary premium and L2 tokenomics are the real focus of the game.
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CommThermometer
· a day ago
Users care about affordability and speed—who cares whether you’re on L1 or L2?
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FibBeliever
· a day ago
Short-term gas revenue declines ≠ long-term value destruction; take a longer-term view.
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VolSmile
· a day ago
Those saying L2s will kill Ethereum probably don't know what settlement-layer security means.
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PEDetective
· a day ago
There’s no point arguing about this now; let’s wait until the Cancun upgrade is complete and then look at the proportion of fees accounted for by blobs.
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ButterStop-LossLine
· a day ago
The data availability layer is the key to value capture; the more L2s there are, the greater the demand for DA.
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