Ethereum’s #1 Issue Is Misdirected L2 Competition: Polygon CEO

• Polygon Labs CEO Marc Boiron has offered another Ethereum hot take.
• Boiron’s latest statements suggest that the nature of competition between Layer 2 chains posed a threat to Ethereum.
• The Polygon Labs chief’s statements have sparked discussions within the Ethereum community.

Polygon Labs CEO Marc Boiron is back at it again.

In recent days, Boiron has become more outspoken about issues in the Ethereum ecosystem, often leaving raging debates in his wake . In the latest instance, the Polygon Labs chief contends that the current nature of competition between Layer 2 solutions represents a significant hurdle for Ethereum.

“Ethereum’s Biggest Problem?”

In an X post on Sunday, April 7, Polygon’s Boiron asserted that “Ethereum’s biggest problem” lay in how Layer 2 networks competed.

" Ethereum’s biggest problem is cannibalizing itself continuously via all L2s competing over devs, users and liquidity rather than competing outside of the Ethereum ecosystem. Microeconomics 101 would tell you this is a bad strategy. I don’t have the answer but it needs to be addressed," he wrote .

Further stressing his view, Boiron explained that his main problem with the current competition model between Layer 2 chains was the “inefficient” use of resources. Per Boiron, the resources Layer 2 chains used to chase after and onboard the same applications could be better spent on attracting projects from outside the Ethereum ecosystem.

Unsurprisingly, Boiron’s statements have sparked a flurry of conversations within the Ethereum community.

Ethereum Community Split

Lattice Fund founder Karthik Senthil agreed with Boiron, noting that no one won anything in the current Layer 2 competitive model.

Joining Senthil, X user “Student” suggested that Polygon was building the solution to the problem with its AggLayer . The protocol,  promising to unify liquidity among connected chains, could see Layer 2s work together instead of against each other, Boiron submitted.

Still, not everyone agreed with the Polygon Labs chief. Prominent crypto contributor “Emmanuel” suggested that the competition between Layer 2 chains within the Ethereum ecosystem was necessary for the network to “sharpen its overall ecosystem.”

Read this for more of Boiron’s hot takes:
Layer 3s Weaken Ethereum’s Security: Polygon (MATIC) Labs CEO

Stay up-to-date with the latest on Tigran Gambaryan’s detention in Nigeria:
Binance Exec’s Nigerian Ordeal Worsens, Sent to Infamous Prison