Most Rapidly Expanding ETH Layer 2 Blockchains.

What layer 2 has the fastest growth?

With 1 million new addresses added since Base's official mainnet launch in just 11 days, it is the layer 2 with the quickest growth. The Base network was deployed on August 9, 2023, although users had already added 532k addresses in the days before that thanks to unauthorized bridges.

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ETH Layer 2s.

Over time, layer 2 adoption has taken less time...

After I did some research, Layer 2 blockchains that have just been released have experienced quicker adoption. It took Arbitrum and Optimism, two of the early layer 2 systems, 303 and 191 days, respectively, to reach 1 million unique addresses. The mainnet for Arbitrum went live on August 31, 2021, while Optimism debuted on January 16, 2022.

In contrast, zkSync reached the same milestone in just 71 days. On March 25, 2023, zkSync's Era mainnet was formally launched. By June 3, 2023, it had more than 1 million addresses.

Tho, a faster adoption rate is seen for Layer 2s without tokens.

Which layer 2 is the largest?

With 11.4 million addresses, Arbitrum has the most unique addresses of any layer 2 network. With 8.0 million unique addresses, Optimism is its closest competitor.

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Arbitrum Layer 2.

With 1.8 million and 1.0 million unique addresses, respectively, zkSync and Base fall short.

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ETH still the King.

Despite layer 2s' quick uptake, Ethereum remains the most popular network in terms of users. With approximately 241 million unique addresses as of August 20, 2023, it is far ahead in terms of users.

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