# L3s exist only to take value away from Ethereum & onto the L2s they're built on.

Source: https://x.com/0xMarcB/status/1774551016937324949?s=20
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/L3s-exist-only-to-take-value-away-from-Ethereum-and-onto-the-L2s-theyre-built-on?index=0x660b86601be0b6f3a658e259a6367c0a06134a1285e76ac23190161415a80e7e34adbae6
Submitted by 0xeD0D...87F5 on 2024-04-02 UTC, 2 upvotes, 2 comments

I’ll say the quiet part out loud: L3s exist only to take value away from Ethereum and onto the L2s on which the L3s are built. 

*You do not need L3s to scale*

And this is why Polygon Labs does not work on L3s.

## Comments

**macbudkowski.eth**: For full context, here's a 2022 Vitalik's post on L3s:
https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x660b951390de05d272201969740be5e306c78b46fd6e17ebbcb1bb3ad36adc4405a526b0

**0xeD0D...87F5**: yeah read that one too, which puts Marc's concerns to bed for the most part.