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 <h2 id="strong-all-layer-2-solutions-have-backdoors-vitalik-strong"><strong>All Layer-2 Solutions Have Backdoors- Vitalik</strong></h2> 
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  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Vitalik acknowledges that all Ethereum L2s have “backdoors”.</p>  
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  <p>I’ve obviously been saying this for years.</p> 
  <p>These L2s are run by large corps and they’ll eventually face regulation.</p> 
  <p>They’ll never be sufficiently decentralized.</p>  
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  <p>It’s big banking 2.0.<br> pic.twitter.com/eYpZB7ER6N</p> 
  <p>— Chris Blec (@ChrisBlec) August 14, 2023</p> 
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 <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Buterin explained that developers and project owners have access to multi-sig wallets, allowing them to make protocol changes. Although these backdoors can be seen as “training wheels” for the </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ethereum</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> blockchain, they have caused a division in ideology among crypto enthusiasts. Proponents argue for the necessity of the mechanism as a safeguard, while purists demand immutable and 100% decentralized protocols.</span></p> 
 <h2 id="strong-layer-2-protocols-face-potential-regulation-strong"><strong>Layer 2 protocols face potential regulation</strong></h2> 
 <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Crypto and DeFi </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">analyst</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Chris Blec, a long-time critic of Layer 2 projects, supported Buterin’s statement. Blec refers to such projects as “banking 2.0” and argues that these protocols will likely be subject to regulation.&nbsp;</span></p>  
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 <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Interestingly, even the largest stablecoins in the Ethereum ecosystem, USD Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC) have central control that allows their teams to freeze assets in response to security threats.</span></p> 
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  <p lang="en" dir="ltr">They can call them temporary all they want but words don’t actually matter. All that matters is that the backdoor is there.</p> 
  <p>— Chris Blec (@ChrisBlec) August 14, 2023</p> 
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 <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The backdoor poses a risk of centralization, a principle that contradicts the essence of blockchain technology. On the other hand, removing the backdoor could introduce new vulnerabilities. As the crypto community grapples with this predicament, the Ethereum landscape faces tough decisions that could shape its future trajectory.</span></p> 
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  <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Layer 2</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> projects promise increased efficiency and lower transaction costs, their decentralization remains in question due to the backdoor access available to developers.&nbsp;</span></p> 
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 <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Consequently, the debate continues over the trade-offs between security and centralization in the crypto world. Hence, the road ahead for Ethereum and its Layer 2 scaling solutions may be marked with increased scrutiny and potential regulatory implications.</span></p> 
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