Source: Cointelegraph
Original: “Avail Executive: Ethereum (ETH) L2 Solutions Comparable to Multiple High-Throughput Public Chains”
Ethereum scales through multiple L2 networks, each with its unique transaction processing speed and parameters, a practice that may grant Ethereum an infinite number of unique high-throughput chains, said Avail co-founder Anurag Arjun.
In an interview with Cointelegraph, Arjun acknowledged that Ethereum is fundamentally different from high-throughput competitors that adopt a monolithic architecture. However, Ethereum's choice to scale through numerous L2 solutions gives it an overlooked characteristic:
“The underappreciated beauty of this rollup-centric roadmap architecture is that it allows multiple teams to experiment with different execution environments and different block times.”
This makes the emergence of various high-throughput sidechains possible, rather than just a single architecture appearing on any monolithic Layer-1, Arjun added. However, Arjun warned that switching between L2s will still be as complex as bridging assets between different blockchain ecosystems without true interoperability.
The perspective of the Avail co-founder contrasts with many critics of Ethereum's L2-centric scaling approach, who argue that the network's scaling solutions will lead to liquidity fragmentation, ultimately eroding the underlying layer. Critics of Ethereum believe that L2s are one of the main reasons for Ethereum's poor price performance over the past year.
Ethereum Transaction Fees Drop to Five-Year Low
In April 2025, transaction fees on the Ethereum Layer-1 network fell to a five-year low, with average transaction fees around $0.16.
According to Brian Quinlivan, market director at on-chain analytics firm Santiment, the decline in transaction fees indicates a decrease in demand for the underlying layer, and investor interest in Ethereum is also waning.
Quinlivan wrote in a blog post on April 16: “The significant drop in transaction fees coincides with a reduction in users sending Ethereum and interacting with smart contracts.”
Santiment executives added that these smart contract interactions include DeFi, digital collectibles (such as NFTs), and transactions in other digital asset domains.
The decline in transaction fees on the Ethereum base layer and the decrease in retail investor interest have also led many institutional investors to cut their Ethereum allocations and revise their price predictions for the second-largest digital asset by market capitalization.
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