- Vitalik Buterin has highlighted the core issues around blockchain Layer-two (L2) protocols.
- Buterin thinks validiums are better than multisigs, and the naming should reflect that.
- According to Buterin, the core of being a rollup is the unconditional security guarantee.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has highlighted the core issues around blockchain Layer-two (L2) protocols. Buterin offered his opinion in a debate among Ethereum community members on X. One of Buterin’s arguments is that validiums are better than multisigs, and the naming should reflect that.
To me the core issues are:1. Validiums are better than multisigs, and the naming should reflect that
2. Rollups are better than validiums security wise, though more expensive, and the naming should reflect rollups' higher security without making validiums feel illegitimate
— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) January 16, 2024
The debate started after Buterin acknowledged that if an Ethereum rollup uses another data chain for data availability (DA), it becomes an Ethereum validium. According to Buterin, the core of being a rollup is the unconditional security guarantee. He explained that with rollups, …
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