{"id":19065,"date":"2025-03-25T21:01:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T21:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=19065"},"modified":"2025-03-25T21:01:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T21:01:55","slug":"solana-co-founder-challenges-layer-2s-are-they-even-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=19065","title":{"rendered":"Solana Co-Founder Challenges Layer 2s\u2014Are They Even Needed?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The co-founder of a popular cryptocurrency took a swipe at Layer-2 cryptos, claiming that these rollups are only redundant and make blockchain scaling more complicated.<\/p>\n

Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of the Solana <\/a>network, argued that Layer-1 solutions are sufficient without Layer-2 tokens which do not offer genuine, long-term benefits.<\/p>\n

Layer-2 Not Needed?<\/h2>\n

Yakovenko said in an X post that Layer-2<\/a> cryptocurrencies are unnecessary and only add unnecessary complexity to blockchain scaling.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cThere is no reason to build an L2,\u201d Yakovenko said in a post, which is the Solana co-founder\u2019s response to @ripdoteth, who claimed that there is no reason to build a Layer-1.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The crypto co-founder argued that Layer-1<\/a> solutions, like the Solana network, can already offer efficient, cheap, and secure scaling solutions. Hence, he said that Layer-2 tokens are only providing redundancy.<\/p>\n

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There is no reason to build an L2.<\/p>\n

L1s can be faster, cheaper, and more secure.<\/p>\n

They aren\u2019t slowed down by a glacially moving L1 data availability stack, or have to compromise security with complex fraud proofs and upgrade multisigs. https:\/\/t.co\/Ov3YAfz9U4<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 toly \"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\" (@aeyakovenko) March 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n\u201cThey aren\u2019t slowed down by a glacially moving L1 data availability stack, or have to compromise security with complex fraud proofs and upgrade multisigs,\u201d he explained.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He added that Solana does not encounter these kinds of problems since it has separate execution and data layers on an efficient base layer.<\/p>\n

Storage Issues<\/h2>\n

Yakovenko described Solana\u2019s data generation as tiny at 80 terabytes annually, saying that Layer-1 cannot scale because they are hindered by storage.<\/p>\n

\u201cSolana generates a measly amount of data. Like 80TB per year so far. It\u2019s just not enough data to build a business around, but too much for any individual to easily store,\u201d Yakovenko said.<\/p>\n

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The crypto co-founder told users not to create baseless Layer-2 cryptocurrencies<\/a>, saying early this month, \u201cYou can skip creating a valueless L2 and just launch a token.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked about Solana\u2019s plan on offloading unused storage, he responded that the ledger is going on \u201cfilecoin or whatever decentralized storage provider wants it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some Do Not Agree<\/p>\n

Several crypto investors disagree with Yakovenko, arguing that Layer-2 solutions are necessary.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cL1s can\u2019t scale to accommodate 8 billion global users. L2s are needed no matter which chain you see leading the way. And they can be faster, cheaper, more secure, interoperable, specialized to use case, localized or decentralized, evolve fast or ossify,\u201d @RuzhyoX commented on Yakovenko\u2019s post.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Solana co-founder replied that Layer-1 can accommodate 8 billion users, saying, \u201c8 billion * 3 txs per day is sub 300k tps. That fits in under 1gbps of block throughput for 400 byte txs.\u201d<\/p>\n

He argued that Solana\u2019s design allows it to compete with every Ethereum Layer-2 solution directly, which is not the case with Ethereum itself. \u201cThere is no point to multiple L2s \u2026 if a single L2 can handle parallel execution, then it can use up all the blobspace and run every use case.\u201d<\/p>\n

Featured image from Gemini Imagen, chart from TradingView<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The co-founder of a popular cryptocurrency took a swipe at Layer-2 cryptos, claiming that these rollups are only redundant and make blockchain scaling more complicated. Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of the Solana network, argued that Layer-1 solutions are sufficient without Layer-2 tokens which do not offer genuine, long-term benefits. Layer-2 Not Needed? Yakovenko said in an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-19065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19065\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}