There are 10 Ethereum L2s fighting for the same users. Most of them will not survive the next 6 moths.
Here are the top 10 Layer 2 blockchains and their utilities:
$ARB (Arbitrum): DeFi (lending, trading, liquidity pools), NFTs, gaming, Real-World Assets (RWAs), cross-border payments, microloans, savings, Play-to-Earn gaming, institutional compliance (KYC/AML), privacy features, Orbit (custom L2/L3 chains)
$OP (Optimism): DeFi (faster and cheaper trades, lending, borrowing), NFTs, gaming, AI agent stablecoin payments, enterprise adoption (multisigs), Superchain interoperability
$BASE (Base): Stablecoin payments (low-cost, instant, private), tokenized markets (equities, commodities, predictions), lending, borrowing, savings, AI agent on-chain activities (transfers, trades, swaps, lending), consumer apps (social media via Farcaster)
$ZK (zkSync Era): DeFi, GameFi, infrastructure, social applications, smart wallets (Argent), native account abstraction, paymasters (gas sponsorship), ERC-20/NFT fee payments
$STRK (Starknet): Private transfers/payments, private payroll, private claims/grants, trade obfuscation, DeFi (spot/derivatives trading, cross-chain swaps, options), on-chain gaming, consumer apps, Bitcoin support (strkBTC), native account abstraction
$POL (Polygon zkEVM): DeFi, NFTs, GameFi, enterprise applications, full EVM-equivalence (port Ethereum apps without changes), zkEVM supernets
$MNT (Mantle): DeFi (trading, lending, borrowing), GameFi, Real-World Assets (RWAs), liquid staking (mETH), AI, CeFi
$LINEA (Linea): Tokenized enterprise assets (funds, bonds, equities), public/private validium networks, DEXs (swaps), staking/restaking, agent-driven automation, MetaMask card settlement
$BLAST (Blast): Native yield (ETH and stablecoins), DeFi, NFTs, gaming, low-cost trading, L2 with automatic staking rewards
$SCROLL (Scroll): EVM-equivalence (port Ethereum apps seamlessly), DeFi, NFTs, gaming, enterprise applications, gasless transactions with partners
Which of these Layer 2s is flying under your radar?