In the latest Ethereum news today, Ethereum's co-founder Vitalik Buterin has shared new insights on what layer 3 protocols could look like.
Buterin articulated his vision for blockchains and presented the idea of layer 3 protocols in a lengthy blog update.
Buterin envisions blockchains embracing a new specification dubbed 'customised functionality' through L3 protocol integration.
Buterin proposes L3 protocols
Ethereum's co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, is still exploring new ways to perfect the Ethereum blockchain after the merge.
In a recent blog post, Buterin shared his vision for new L3 protocols and how these protocols could affect the Ethereum ecosystem at large. Stressing on the scalability factor of Ethereum, Buterin suggests that L3 protocols could play an elemental role in amping the network's processing to a whole new level.
Buterin adds that layer 3 protocols can make sense only if they have the potential to provide functionality to the existing layer 2 protocols, which are largely being used to enhance zero-knowledge roll-up technology.
Furthermore, the Ethereum co-founder states three distinctive L3 visions that, according to Buterin, can contribute to the network's overall scalability and momentum.
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Buterin proposes the first vision, titled 'customised functionality,' by giving an example of privacy. He, later on, accentuates how L3 protocols can act as separate layers that can tend to different functional needs of a blockchain.
The blog further highlights Buterin's second vision, which emphasises the L3s' need to address customised scaling. Buterin adds that general-purpose scaling can exist alongside customised scaling factors if L3 is deployed in the near future. This will be particularly beneficial for applications that do not prefer to use the EVM (Ethereum virtual machines) to do heavy computation.
Lastly, Buterin considers L3s to be particularly useful for 'weakly trusted' scaling through Validiums, a novel zk-rollup technology.
Buterin also agrees with the fact that building layer 3s may not necessarily improve the efficiency of the network since two L2s are capable enough to conduct cross-chain transactions in a cost-efficient manner.
Buterin's post on L3 innovation has come in light of Starkware launching newly produced recursive validity proofs. It is still unclear whether the L3s will have an official launch date. We will keep this space updated with new info.
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