#以太坊L2如何发展? L2 is Cooling Off? Vitalik Changes Tune After Reversal, the Deadlock of Ethereum L2's Fate
On February 3, 2026, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin changed his long-held view that Layer-2 is the primary way to scale Ethereum, stating that this approach "no longer makes sense."
Vitalik's remarks clearly put L2 at a crossroads—what does the future hold for L2?
1. L2 at the Crossroads
Layer-2 aims to participate in "Ethereum scaling" by creating block space fully protected by the Ethereum mainnet. In this block space, all transactions are valid, censorship-resistant, and final, but ma