Content overview: “Ethereum Scaling Boom Prompts ENS to Scrap L2 Plans for Direct Mainnet Deployment”. The Ethereum Name Service (ENS) project has announced a major strategic shift, abandoning its custom Layer 2 scaling solution, Namechain. Citing a "99% drop" in gas fees, largely attributed to Ethereum's Dencun upgrade and EIP-4844, ENS will now deploy its ENSv2 upgrade directly onto the Ethereum mainnet. This decision reflects the significant improvements in Ethereum's base layer scalability, making bespoke L2s less necessary for certain applications.
Lead developer Gregory Lang stated that the cost of posting data to L1 has decreased dramatically, negating the primary rationale for building Namechain. This move serves as a strong endorsement of Ethereum's scaling roadmap and could influence other projects to re-evaluate their reliance on separate L2 solutions. ENSv2 aims to bring enhanced features to decentralized identity management, and its direct deployment on L1 is anticipated to streamline operations and reinforce the mainnet's capabilities as a robust platform. The full version stays on the original page, which this listing opens directly.