# Ethereum Main Net Accelerating, Let's Remember What Vitalik Said About L2s.

**1. You Are All Separate Republics.**

Vitalik said L2s should be part of Ethereum, but right now they're all acting like independent islands on their own. In other words, he criticized them for saying they're scaling Ethereum while actually building their own ecosystems and breaking away from Ethereum.

**2. The Centralization Fairy Tale Must End.**

Most L2s still have a team holding the keys behind them, he said. If a team can intervene when there's an error, halt the network, or claw back funds, don't call that decentralized—that's just a corporate chain attached to Ethereum, he stated.

**3. Copies Won't Do, We Need Purpose.**

You don't build an L2 just because transaction fees are cheap, he said. The Ethereum main net is already faster and cheaper. Now Vitalik wants this:

Keep only those that offer something different beyond just cheapness—privacy or specialized speed that the main net can't provide. The rest are unnecessary.

Now BASE is coming with full force backed by Coinbase. While Ethereum accelerates and Vitalik's criticism intensifies, what will survive from so many L2s?

Which single project from the list in the image do you think will differentiate itself?

Write your reasons—let's see whose vision aligns.