{"id":494493,"date":"2022-09-20T09:09:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T06:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ethereum-co-founder-vitalik-buterin-shares-vision-for-layer-3-protocols\/"},"modified":"2022-09-20T09:09:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T06:09:15","slug":"ethereum-co-founder-vitalik-buterin-shares-vision-for-layer-3-protocols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ethereum-co-founder-vitalik-buterin-shares-vision-for-layer-3-protocols\/","title":{"rendered":"# Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin shares vision for layer 3 protocols"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dfb76702cb\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dfb76702cb\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ethereum-co-founder-vitalik-buterin-shares-vision-for-layer-3-protocols\/#%E2%80%9D_Ethereum_co-founder_Vitalik_Buterin_shares_vision_for_layer_3_protocols_%E2%80%9C\" >&#8221; Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin shares vision for layer 3 protocols &#8220;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9D_Ethereum_co-founder_Vitalik_Buterin_shares_vision_for_layer_3_protocols_%E2%80%9C\"><\/span>&#8221; Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin shares vision for layer 3 protocols &#8220;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-6ebd806f>While Ethereum-based layer-2 solutions have been focused on hyperscaling the network, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin believes layer 3s will serve a far different purpose \u2014 providing \u201ccustomized functionality.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Buterin shared his thoughts in a Sept. 17 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/vitalik.ca\/general\/2022\/09\/17\/layer_3.html\">post,<\/a> providing three \u201cvisions\u201d of what layer 3s will be used for in the future. <\/p>\n<p>The Ethereum co-founder said a third layer on the blockchain makes sense only if it provides a different function to layer 2s, which have been used mainly to enhance scaling via Zero-Knowledge (ZK) Rollup <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cA three-layer scaling architecture that consists of stacking the same scaling scheme on top of itself <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly does not work well. Rollups on top of rollups, where the two layers of rollups use the same technology, certainly do not.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But \u201ca three-layer architecture where the second layer and third layer have different purposes, however, can work,\u201d said Buterin. <\/p>\n<p>One of layer 3\u2019s use cases would be what Buterin describes as \u201ccustomized functionality\u201d \u2014 referencing privacy-based <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lications which would utilize ZK proofs to submit privacy-preserving transactions to layer 2.<\/p>\n<p>Another use case would be \u201ccustomized scaling\u201d for specialized applications that don\u2019t want to use the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) to do computation.<\/p>\n<p>Buterin also said that layer 3 could be used for \u201cweakly-trusted\u201d scaling through Validiums, a ZK-proof technology. Buterin said this may be beneficial for \u201centerprise blockchain\u201d applications by using \u201ca centralized server that runs a validium prover and regularly commits hashes to chain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Buterin added that it\u2019s still unclear whether layer-3 structures will be more efficient than the current layer-2 model when it comes to building customized applications on Ethereum.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2022-09\/2b791fe1-c93a-45c3-ba2d-66f81ce60bee.png\"><figcaption style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Layer-2 Vs Layer-3 Network Architecture. Source: <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/starkware\/fractal-scaling-from-l2-to-l3-7fe238ecfb4f\"><em>StarkWare.<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>A beginner&#8217;s guide to understanding the layers of blockchain technology<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne possible argument for the three-layer model over the two-layer model is: a three-layer model allows an entire sub-ecosystem to exist within a single rollup, which allows cross-domain operations within that ecosystem to happen very cheaply, without needing to go through the expensive layer 1,\u201d Buterin said.<\/p>\n<p>But Buterin said that because cross-chain transactions can be executed easily and cheaply between two layer-2s that have committed to the same chain, building layer 3s may not necessarily improve the efficiency of the network.<\/p>\n<p>Buterin\u2019s comments on possible layer 3 use cases come as StarkWare\u2019s newly produced recursive validity proofs appear to have possibly put an end to Ethereum\u2019s scalability concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Declan Fox, the Product Manager at Ethereum software firm ConsenSys recently told Cointelegraph that \u201cwith recursive rollups and proofs, we theoretically can infinitely scale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These recursive proofs have been well tested in production, with StarkWare co-founder Eli-Ben Sasson recently telling Cointelegraph that its recursive proofs have rolled up as many as 600,000 NFT mints in a single transaction on Immutable X, and that 60 million transactions could soon be on the cards \u201cwith more engineering and tweaking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"markets_outlook\"><\/template><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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