Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum’s rollup centric roadmap no longer fully makes sense, as most L2s have decentralized far slower than expected while the base layer keeps improving. > The original idea was for L2s to act like branded shards of Ethereum, but in reality many remain highly centralized, often due to technical risk, incentives, or regulatory needs. > Only a small number have reached meaningful decentralization milestones. > Buterin is not dropping L2s, but reframing them as a spectrum rather than core Ethereum shards. > He argues L2s should offer value beyond scaling, such as privacy, non EVM designs, or ultra low latency, while Ethereum continues pushing base layer scaling with ideas like enshrined ZK-EVM proofs.