Economics in the Sometimes Strange World of Web3
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Blockchains are databases application developers use to build novel user experiences. Just as hundreds of different databases exist in web2, different blockchains have evolved in web3. In September, I published the State of Web3 in Data. I’ve been watching one of those charts very closely : slide 25 which tracked L2s & L1s. Layer 2s (or L2s) like Arbitrum & Optimism, sit atop Ethereum (an L1). They provide faster & less expensive transactions for application developers. The average Ethereum transaction costs about $2.60 as of this writing, whereas on Arbitrum it costs $0.07, a 97% savings. For an individual transaction, the difference may not matter, but for application developers & frequent traders, those dollars accumulate over time. In the long-term, lower prices will drive more activity, essential for broader adoption of web3 technologies. In September, L2s processed about 30% of Ethereum transactions. Six months later, that figure is 67% according to Dune. Within the Ethereum ecosystem, this number should asymptote to 90-95%. Economics works - even in the sometimes strange world of web3. As web3 evolves, we will see more instances of economics driving behavior :
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