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Author: Martin Young, Cointelegraph; Compilation: Five Bah, Bit Chain Vision Realm
Ethereum expansion solution providerOptimism is seeking to further increase its blockchain throughput by loading Layer 3 applications on the OP stack.
On May 8th, the Optimism team said, “They welcome Layer 3 to join the super chain, where they can build and share income with Optimism Collection on OP Stack.
OP Stack is an open standard code base that supports super chain development, but it is “not limited to the L2 chain deployee and application builders”, “it can also be used by the L3 ecosystem.”
Optimism Superchain is a network composed of Layer 2 blockchain, called the OP chain, sharing security, communication layer and open source technology.
It pointed out,Layer 3 will obtain benefits such as capital, airdrops, and developer funding plans, but may restrict some functions such as interoperability.
The Layer 3 protocol is built on Layer 2, which is used to host decentralized applications that are specific to the application to provide enhanced solutions for expansion, performance, interoperability, customization and cost.
Blockchain layer.Source: Coingecko
OP Stack has two key features to support L3 builders -custom GAS tokens and “Plasma models”.
Custom GAS tokens are a very high functional function in the final stage of development. It allows developers to use Layer 2 token as the Layer 3 protocol. GAS tokens.This reduces the cost of entry, because it does not need to perform expensive transactions, bring the GAS token from L1 to L2, and then take it to L3.
The PLASMA mode is an alternative to the data availability layer. Compared with L2, it can reduce the fixed expenses running L3.Data usability refers to the ability of network participants to access and verify data stored on the blockchain.
The goal is to make developers more likely to use the OPTIMISM super chain by providing Layer 3 features and functions.
However, not everyone believes that L3 is the direction of Ethereum expansion.In April of this year, Polygon CEO Marc Boice believes that the Layer 3 network is not necessary, and it may increase the security risks of Ethereum by gaining value from the network.
On May 9, Boiron reiterated his position, claiming that “L3 is worse than L2”, and then added:
“L2 allows you to return to Ethereum frequently and quickly. L3 is not. They always need to pass their L2 hegemon.”
Ethereum co -founder Vitalik Buterin commented on L3 at the end of 2022 that they would achieve different expansion purposes by providing “customized functions”.
According to L2Beat data, the Optimism (that is, OP main network) based on Rollup is the second largest Layer 2 network. The total value of locking is US $ 6.76 billion, and the market share is about 18%.
