Ethereum Price Forecast: Buterin says rollup-centric roadmap 'no longer makes sense'

From fxstreet.com

Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin declared the original rollup-centric roadmap obsolete in a Tuesday X post, marking a significant reversal of the scaling strategy he championed since 2021. "The original vision of L2s and their role in Ethereum no longer makes sense, and we need a new path," Buterin wrote, citing two fundamental shifts that have undermined the original plan. The rollup-centric roadmap saw Layer 2 networks as secure extensions of Ethereum, often described as "branded shards," that would handle most transactions while inheriting the main chain's security guarantees. However, Buterin highlighted ... (full story)