Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has underscored the critical importance of Layer 2 scaling solutions for enhancing the network’s transaction capacity while preserving the security and trust-minimized properties of Ethereum’s base layer. He emphasized that Layer 2 protocols must effectively leverage Layer 1 blockchain capabilities to optimize scalability without compromising foundational security principles.
According to Buterin, this integrated approach allows Layer 2 networks to significantly reduce transaction latency and costs—key challenges facing decentralized finance applications and other blockchain use cases. Strategic integration between Layer 1 security and Layer 2 efficiency aims to create a balanced framework that supports Ethereum’s ongoing growth and adoption.