Anti-L2 push could ‘break the social fabric’ of Ethereum — Sandeep Nailwal
“Everybody understands that if Ethereum doesn’t survive, the layer-2s won’t survive,” Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal said
A portion of the Ethereum community is pressuring the Ethereum Foundation to make decisions that may “break the entire social fabric” of the smart contract network by restricting Ethereum's layer-2 (L2) networks, Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal said.
Speaking during a March 28 episode of Cointelegraph's Chain Reaction show on X, the Polygon founder said that he has only seen this type of pressure and anti-L2 rhetoric during the current market cycle amid suppressed price action for Ether.
“Everybody understands that if Ethereum doesn’t survive, the layer-2s won’t survive,” Nailwal said, adding:
"The Ethereum community should not pressure the developers enough — I should not be able to pressure the developers enough — for price movements and all that, they may end up making a decision that completely breaks the social fabric of Ethereum."
The Polygon co-founder praised Vitalik Buterin’s leadership and his more active role in the Ethereum Foundation, saying he has been the biggest force in keeping Ethereum's ecosystem cohesive.
Nailwal characterized Buterin as the “DNA" of the network that has attracted many talented developers over the years who are building layers on top of the Ethereum base layer.
