Thread by @epolynya

Common misconceptions around rollups melt away when you make a simple perspective shift: anything any L1 can do, as a rollup it can do it better.

L1 does X TPS -> Rollup does 10X TPS
L1 does X finality -> Rollup does 0.1X finality
L1 does 3 programming languages -> Rollup 10

L1 does 3 upgrades / yr -> Rollup does 12
L1 has novel fee model -> Rollup has multiple novel fee models
L1 does yearly state expiry -> Rollup monthly
3 L1s suck at interoperability and fragment liquidity -> 10 rollups have superior interop, can even share liquidity (see: dAMM)

All above for a simple reason: a rollup only needs to provide ephemeral censorship resistance & liveness for a few minutes; while an L1 needs CR, liveness & safety forever. By cooperating with settlement & DA layers, frees up a rollup to be infinitely more innovative & efficient.

Caveat: Of course, rollups are early. But we have proven the concept works brilliantly. dYdX & Immutable X have proven zero gas fees are possible at scale. Now, it's all about iteration, and adding features like decentralized sequencing to exceed anything any L1 can ever do.

Of course, none of this would be news to anyone who has read my posts. For a bit more detail, see here: polynya.medium.com/addressing-com…

Note: you can also extend this to settlement & DA layers. A specialized settlement layer can be more secure, decentralized and sounder money than an L1 that tries to do it all. A DA layer with DAS can be infinitely more scalable - higher decentralization -> higher throughput etc.