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Ethereum (ETH) Layer 2 (L2) scaling solution referee has climbed the ranks since its public launch, with Total Value Locked (TVL) soaring nearly 9,400% in two weeks.
According to the data provider of the crypto industry Dune analysis, the total value locked in Arbitrum is currently $ 2.12 billion. In terms of market shares, it ranks second on the list with 30%, directly behind Polygon (MATIC) ERC20 Bridge with 34% and in front of Avalanche (AVAX) Bridge 20%.
This is a notable increase for Arbitrum, which just two weeks ago – September 1st, to be precise – had a TVL of nearly $ 22 million. That makes this a whopping 9.387% increase within a few weeks.
The website shows a 2.376% increase in TVL for the runner-up arbitrum over the past seven days. In comparison, the 7-day change for Polygon TVL is -7%, for Avalanche -8% and for Solana (SOL) Wormhole 80%.
Source: dune.xyz
Arbitrum is an Optimistic Rollup (OR) – a Layer 2 solution, and it is compatible with Ethereum. The network is the base layer, or Layer 1, while solutions based on it are Layer 2.
As reported, decentralized finance (DeFi), yield farming and the non-fungible token (NFT) sector have put a heavy strain on the Ethereum network, leading to a now ubiquitous sight of skyrocketing fees.
OR is one of the tools that are often cited as a solution to the scalability problem of Ethereum and that promises a much higher throughput of the blockchain.
According to Nick Chong, an investment analyst at ParaFi Capital (that’s a supporter of Offchain laboratories, Arbitrum developer), looking for a solution to high fees, people first turned to other Layer 1 options, but these “often compromised security with smaller sets of nodes and a centralized bridge infrastructure”. Meanwhile, a rollup is “a scaling solution that takes on the security of the underlying network while improving transaction throughput and fees,” Chong said.
Optimistic rollups are expected to fully improve Ethereum’s transaction fees by 50x.
That said, an AMM transaction on the mainnet that costs $ 50 can cost $ 1 or even less, which dramatically improves the user experience.
– Nick Chong (@ n2ckchong) September 13, 2021
Chong also noted that it will be interesting to watch projects that are launched first on Arbitrum and then expanded to other networks.
“Don’t sleep on Ethereum L2s – they’re not even in their final form,” tweeted an analyst at the crypto research firm Messari, Ryan Watkins, who also compared using this platform to “using Ethereum in early 2020” and described the experience as “incredible”.
Some even commented that Arbitrum processed more transactions than Bitcoin (BTC) in the past day. Per Arbiscan there were 267,608 transactions on Arbitrum on September 12th. On the same day, there were 192,544 transactions on Bitcoin, according to BitInfoCharts.
On August 31, Offchain Labs announced that its Arbitrum One mainnet had been opened to the public. The beta launch of Arbitrum One for developers started in May.
In the same announcement, the company announced that it was in its Series B financing round, led by. Raised $ 120 million Lightspeed Venture Partner.
Arbitrum does not have a token.
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