Most L1s bundle execution and consensus together. That's a tradeoff. @benafisch on why Espresso is built differently:
"We optimize the service that L1s provide to L2s in a way that no L1 that's handling its own execution can optimize for, and we do this at the consensus level"

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Just now, a historic "closed-door" event occurred in the AI community.

Anthropic has officially banned access to OpenClaw using its own subscription plan!!!

Boris Cherny, the creator of Claude Code, announced: Starting at 3 PM EST on April 4th (3 AM Beijing time on April 5th), Claude will block all third-party tools; access to these tools will only be available through additional subscription plans or APIs.

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Anthropic officially blocks OpenClaw, causing a global developer crisis within 24 hours.

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Boris Cherny, head of the Anthropic Claude Code, announced that starting in April 2026 [...]
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