# 205 - The State Of Ethereum L2s

*Author: David Hoffman*
*Published: Jan 12, 2024*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/early-access-the-state-of-l2s*

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We're thrilled to be joined today by Paradigm CTO, Georgios Konstantopoulos and founder of Conduit, Andrew Huang who are on the show today to deliver a masterclass on the state of Ethereum Layer 2s, how they're going, and where they're headed.

There's nobody better to take us through this technical and very educational episode on the state of L2s.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00 Intro

00:02:37 L2 Vibes, How Are We Doing?

00:05:21 L2 Obstacles

00:08:25 Building Conduit

00:10:57 Strengths of L2

00:14:08 Few Rollups or Many Rollups?

00:18:07 Market Demands

00:21:24 The Evolution Of Superchains

00:27:25 Shared Sequencing

00:30:40 Universal Composability

00:32:35 Evolution and Benefits

00:35:13 Unionized vs Independant L2s

00:40:30 Benefits Of Staying in The Ecosystem

00:44:53 The Modular Conversation

00:46:51 Cheaper DA

00:51:01 RAAS Business Model

00:56:14 Scaling Out The Business Model

00:59:12 L2 Security

01:06:15 Modification

01:11:03 Dealing with Growth

01:12:44 What Comes Next

01:14:49 RETH

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RESOURCES

Andrew Huang

https://twitter.com/KAndrewHuang

Georgios Konstantopoulos

https://twitter.com/gakonst