L2BEAT – The state of the layer two ecosystem

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#	Name	TechnologyTech	Purpose	TVL	Mkt share
1	Arbitrum One	Optimistic Rollup	Universal	$5.61 B4.62%	64.95%
2	Optimism	Optimistic Rollup	Universal	$1.61 B5.90%	18.68%
3	zkSync Era	ZK Rollup	Universal	$445 M15.59%	5.16%
4	dYdX	ZK Rollup	Exchange	$340 M3.12%	3.94%
5	Loopring	ZK Rollup	Tokens, NFTs, AMM	$97.24 M10.11%	1.12%
6	Metis Andromeda	Optimistic Chain	Universal	$96.10 M9.01%	1.11%
7	Immutable X	Validium	NFT, Exchange	$92.19 M12.84%	1.07%
8	zkSync Lite	ZK Rollup	Payments, Tokens	$81.78 M1.42%	0.95%
9	Starknet	ZK Rollup	Universal	$62.25 M0.00%	0.72%
10	rhino.fi	Validium	Exchange	$54.31 M3.77%	0.63%
11	Polygon zkEVM	ZK Rollup	Universal	$32.44 M21.55%	0.38%
12	ApeX	Validium	Exchange	$25.98 M1.69%	0.30%
13	ZKSpace	ZK Rollup	Tokens, NFTs, AMM	$22.18 M4.96%	0.26%
14	Sorare	Validium	NFT, Exchange	$21.24 M4.98%	0.25%
15	Arbitrum Nova	Optimistic Chain	Universal	$18.45 M2.89%	0.21%
16	Boba Network	Optimistic Rollup	Universal	$10.29 M6.07%	0.12%
17	Aztec Connect	ZK Rollup	Private DeFi	$6.83 M4.46%	0.08%
18	Aztec	ZK Rollup	Private payments	$2.67 M3.71%	0.03%
19	DeGate	ZK Rollup	Exchange	$2.37 M1.92%	0.03%
20	Layer2.Finance	Optimistic Rollup	DeFi aggregation	$168 K0.07%	0.00%
21	Myria	Validium	NFT, Exchange	$99.66 K6.39%	0.00%
22	Canvas Connect	Validium	Privacy, Finance	$9.21 K3.54%	0.00%
23	Fuel v1	Optimistic Rollup	Payments	$4673.75%	0.00%

#	Name	TechnologyTech	Purpose
1	Base	Optimistic Rollup	Universal
2	Honeypot (Cartesi)	Optimistic Rollup	Bug bounty
3	Linea	ZK Rollup	Universal
4	Mantle	Optimistic Chain	Universal
5	Scroll	ZK Rollup	Universal
6	Taiko	ZK Rollup	Universal

#	Name	TechnologyTech	Purpose	TVL
1	ZKSwap 1.0	ZK Rollup	Payments, AMM	$2.11 M
2	Polygon Hermez	ZK Rollup	Payments	$315 K
3	ZKSwap 2.0	ZK Rollup	Payments, AMM	$236 K
4	Gluon	Plasma	Exchange	$93.29 K
5	OMG Network	Plasma	Payments	$43.59 K
6	L2.Finance-zk	Validium	DeFi protocols	$3.86 K

–This project is built using StarkEx.

–This project is based on Optimism's code base.

–This project is based on zkSync's code base.

–This project is based on loopring's code base.

About L2BEAT

L2BEAT is an analytics and research website about Ethereum layer two (L2) scaling. We provide a comparison of the various Ethereum L2 systems available today.

An important differentiator between L2BEAT and similar sites is that L2BEAT is committed to educating users and lists only projects that match our narrow definition of L2. We define layer two as a chain that fully or partially derives its security from layer one Ethereum so that users do not have to rely on the honesty of L2 validators for the security of their funds.

Because of our commitment to education we present various non-trivial metrics aside from Total Value Locked (TVL). We have carefully examined each L2 project to determine the inner workings of their technology as well as the associated risks. To learn about any of our listed projects visit their respective page on L2BEAT.

We have also compiled a list of Frequently Asked Questions that will help explain some of the decisions we made for our site. We hope you find L2BEAT a valuable resource.