The battle for Ethereum scalability intensifies: Arbitrum vs Optimism, who will dominate the future of L2?
The Ethereum scaling battle is intensifying, with the two major Layer 2 giants, Arbitrum and Optimism, leading the charge. They are no longer experimental chains but ecosystems worth billions of dollars, becoming the pillars of modern DeFi and incubators for next-generation Web3 infrastructure. However, they have chosen vastly different paths: one pursuing modular unity and the other emphasizing sovereign flexibility.