2026-01-15 07:20:35

The focus of public chain competition is undergoing a significant change. Previously, everyone was competing to see "who could run smart contracts," but now the real competition is "on the safety assurance basis, who can process massive asset flows and complex business logic quickly and stably."

Ethereum chose the Rollup solution to break through performance bottlenecks, building a dual-layer architecture of "Layer 1 responsible for settlement + Layer 2 responsible for transactions." It sounds good, but in actual operation, problems have emerged—the coordination efficiency between Layer 1 and most Layer 2 solutions has not been as seamless as expected. Data synchronization, cross-layer communication delays, and costs make the entire system's operational logic far more complex than the ideal state. This means that a simple layered strategy is not enough to solve all the challenges faced by public chains in practical applications.

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hodl_therapist

· 5h ago

Layered architecture sounds fancy, but in practice, it's just a bloody drama of delays and costs. Ethereum's current situation is a bit awkward.

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degenonymous

· 6h ago

This rollup sounds impressive, but once you get hands-on, you realize the latency is really annoying. The bottleneck issue between Layer1 and L2 hasn't been properly solved; it's just theoretical talk. Ethereum's layered architecture seems clever, but in reality, it's just kicking the problems downward. So we're still waiting for a chain that can truly handle high TPS and remain stable. Basically, you can't have both fish and bear's paw; everyone is just patching things up.

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BottomMisser

· 6h ago

The layered theory sounds reasonable, but when it comes to actual use, it's full of hiccups, and no one praises it as smoothly as it sounds. The bickering between Layer1 and Layer2, cross-chain costs are still ridiculously high, and it's actually faster to just use a single chain. To put it simply, Ethereum's solution is just about balancing, and the real big players have long since moved on to other public chains.

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RetailTherapist

· 6h ago

The dual-layer architecture sounds high-end, but in reality, it's just passing the buck to Layer 2. Only when you actually use it do you realize how annoying those cross-layer delays are.

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