Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum Co-founder and a key figure in the Ethereum community shared the strategy the network is looking to adopt in 2025 with a focus on Expansion and Capacity.
The Ukrainian shared the ideas in a blog post on his personal website with an article titled “ Scaling Ethereum L1 and L2s in 2025 and beyond.
Ethereum has come under some backlash in recent days from concerned members of the community over a range of issues. The article by Vitalik aimed to share the direction the network is heading this year and douse the tension in the community.
Vitalik Buterin shared insights on new ideas leveraged by the Ethereum blockchain while also discussing the expansion of the network and its capacity in full.
Introducing Social Technology
The article revealed that besides being an innovation in cryptography and economics. The network is also a perfect example of a new and unique concept called social technology.
Political philosopher Ahmed Gatnash explained the concept further by describing it as a world without gatekeepers. He explained that many possibilities can be found in such a world and he finds it fascinating.
“ Almost all the power here was soft power. I found it beautiful and very inspiring. it makes you feel like anything would be possible in a world like this, and that a world like this is actually within reach. Ahmed said.
Vitalik Believes Ethereum combines a technical and social project to provide great utility to millions of its users.
Layer 2 as the only path to Expansion
Vitalik Buterin outlined in the article that Layer 2 (L2) networks are a sure path to solving the scalability issue on the network.
“ Today, the path that we are taking to scale Ethereum is layer 2 protocols (L2s). The L2s of 2025 are a far cry from the early experiments they were in 2019: they have reached key decentralization milestones, they are securing billions of dollars of value, and they are currently scaling Ethereum’s transaction capacity by a factor of 17x, dropping fees by a similar amount.” Vitalik said.
He pointed to the success of networks like Soneium as a good example of how Layer 2 networks can be used to solve scalability issues.
However, he pointed out that L2s today are facing two major challenges that need to be addressed. The issue of scale and the challenge of heterogeneity persists and can only be solved by understanding the technical architecture of Layer 2 networks.
Vitalik Buterin concluded that over the years ethereum has emerged as a technology stack and Social Ecosystem providing real utility to 100 million people via crypto assets and decentralized applications.
He believes the scalability and structural issues with the network will be solved by leveraging Layer 2 networks and tackling the challenge of interoperability with fresh ideas.
