By: Igor mandrigin, co-founder and Gateway CTPO.
Every two weeks, it seems another layer 2 roll out, some web 3 industries are much more for the lamp of commentators who are concerned about fragmentation. Recently a Gemini institutional insight report has actually mentioned how a new atherium L2 solution is launched every 19 days. The new zkevms appear to be the endless conveyor belt and the optimistic role in the market, the chorus of criticism continues to grow loudly: “This is definitely the saturation point, no more chain requires.”
Some of the most vocal critics of L2S argue that L2S are fruitless, but it is narrow thinking. In many ways, the idea that the new L2 should be slowed, it is like arguing that there were many websites in 1998. The spread of L2S is not highly bloated or fragmented by the web 3 space. Today the number of chains is not very high. This is some laughter, and currently special, modular blockchain infrastructure is an early innings of a multi-decay explosion.
The rise of L2S is away from a passing craze
While some people say that this L2 boom we are experiencing is only a temporary frenzy, led by Defi Degenerates, it is actually an enterprise-grade infrastructure expansion, as banks (including (including) (including) (including) (including) Deutsche Bank), Game Studios (Gaming activity increased from above on some L2 blockchain 20,000% In February 2025), logistics network and global manufacturers come on board.
Industries such as banking and logistics, which are usually at risk, do not make major technical pivotes lightly. They do this because they have to do, and in many cases, public blocks do not meet their needs. In these areas, your built-in risk discourse will not want to build on DNA, large enterprises and institutions generally shared, common-purpose L1. Instead, they would like to deploy their own chains where they can enjoy custom performance, forecasted costs, jurisdictional compliance and granular-level secrecy.
This focus on the proprietary network is not just a web 3 thing. Let’s think about it. Did Facebook, Netflix and JP Morgan co-host geosities? If not, then why will the web3 be different? Shared L1 and unbroken architecture may have worked for early token experiments and composable DEFI primal. Nevertheless, really, they cannot support the complexity of real -world businesses, regulator burden or contractual needs.
L2S increasing feasibility
Thanks to the modular stack, rollup-e-Service platform and success zero-knowledge proof technology, a dedicated chain spinning is becoming increasingly viable and accessible to a wide range of enterprises in the industry spectrum. As the infrastructure improves, the cost of launching and maintaining special chains will also be reduced, so the number of L2 can be expected to increase a sufficient increase in the passage of time.
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Some spectators will argue that this future will be forced to hop to users to hop among chains, while in view of concerns about liquidity fragmentation and spread of traditional assets in many platforms. These are short -sighted concerns. We are moving towards spontaneous differences through shared disposal layers, trust-minimum bridges and integrated account abstraction. Finally, the end-user will not care whether they are at the rollup #4,318 or chain #9,072; They will simply transact and be happy with it.
In the same way when cloud computing unlocked the Hyper scale by abstracting the hardware layer, modular blockchain price transfer, asset issuing and unlocking hypersscale to the programable trust. Despite what Dobers say, special L2S will not cannibal each other. They will use various vertical, courts and cases. There is no reason that an L2 for high-existing trading cannot easily coexist with L2 for National Land Registrais.
We are not drowning in chains-we are barely ankle in the grand plan of things. Anyone is seriously consulting or betting on some magical “winner-tech-all” series is just betting against the scale and sovereignty. The real stakes are hundreds of L2S and thousands of use cases as a modular, scalable future part.
Opinion by: Igor mandrigin, co-founder and Gateway CTPO.
This article is for general information purposes and is not intention and should not be taken as legal or investment advice. The ideas, ideas and opinions expressed here are alone of the author and not necessarily reflected or represented the ideas and ideas of the components.
