L2s are just the Internet Re-treading its Steps

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L2s are just the internet re-treading its steps
by kairon.eth25 🥝 • 2y
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The article argues that L2s are the internet repeating patterns from earlier eras, as culture and technology repeatedly diverge, converge and branch into new communities. It traces this from early programming languages to web languages and then to Silicon Valley ecosystems such as Java, Swift and React, which attracted developers through their surrounding platforms. The author suggests that future chains will each serve specific use cases, with apps combining tools from several ecosystems, such as Arbitrum, Optimism and Aleo, rather than any single ledger covering everything.

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With immediate distribution came the need to protect the creator from accidental fame. A sudden burst of attention could be dangerous in more ways than one for the unprepared.

Attention Is All You Need
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"Just browse through Lens or FC, and you'll find native solutions for expertly woven cross-chain experiences. Arweave for this, and the ARB stack for that, with a little sprinkle of ETH for good measure."

This is a great point. It feels natural to have your Paragraph post stored on Arweave and see it minted on ZORA or use Farcaster identity stored on Optimism to log in to a Base app. And I agree that we are avantgarde, and DeFi could draw some lessons from crypto media experiments.

BTW really enjoyed the style - you should write more, kairon!
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In fact, on that point, this is, in my view, how we're supposed to use blockchains! We should actually be 'sprinkling' their usage as this creates a much higher efficiency for all users, because they have to pay fewer gas costs, and simply because it is rational for an engineer to use something just so solve one specific problem.
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This is a topic a lot of people could write entire doctoral theses about, I find it quite interesting how people in general seem to become [Insert favorite technology] maxis and usually don't see the nuance, EXCEPT when it comes to media.

This isn't unique to blockchain, the cinema and TV industries, and videogames also tend to be early adopters in bridging the gap between what works and what *might* work

Also, thank you for your kind comment Mac! I've been trying to get hyped up about writing again, hope to get back in the jam of things soon
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