Publications

Privacy methodology

The privacy promise, the adversaries each protocol is tested against, the verdicts and the other columns of the privacy summary.

Ossification

Introducing the ossification score: an evidence-based metric built on an open dataset of EVM exploits, measuring how blockchain code hardens by securing value over time.

Security Councils in Practice

Security Councils are multisigs entrusted with critical powers over a rollup. At L2BEAT we have a first-hand view of how they operate day to day. Here we explore the different designs across Arbitrum, Optimism, Celo, Taiko, and Scroll: what they get right, and where they fall short.

Lighter vs Hyperliquid: Who has control over your collateral, orders, and open positions?

Perp DEXes can let users keep property rights to their collateral and make execution and position management verifiable. We compare Hyperliquid and Lighter across property rights, order fairness, and position fairness.

Native Proof Verification

A session on the broader primitive that lets L1 verify proofs for native rollups and arbitrary guest programs.

Onchain privacy best practice

How to reveal only what you choose while onchain

Exchange risk, and how Lighter escapes it

Across every centralized venue — crypto or tradFi — you trust the venue to give your money back. Lighter is the only active exchange with a permissionless exit-path verified end-to-end.

Canton vs Prividium: What Institutional Blockchains Actually Guarantee

The two systems compete for the same institutions. Both promise privacy, compliance, and enterprise-grade finality, and both have signed major banks. Read the marketing and they sound similar. Read the code and they don’t. But what guarantees do they actually give users?

Execution Sharding Through Native Rollups

L2BEAT's talk on scaling Ethereum through native rollups.

Lightning Talk: Native Rollups

A short introduction to the original native rollups and EXECUTE proposal.

The Future of Financial Infrastructure

A comprehensive analysis of Ethereum's Layer 2 ecosystem and its role in institutional adoption.

Interop Risk Framework Talk by Bartek Kiepuszewski

The interop space has evolved significantly and Bartek Kiepuszewski suggests that a new risk framework for interop is needed.

Ethereum's Roadmap to 10M TPS

L2BEAT's Luca Donno on scaling Ethereum — including native rollups (TOKEN2049 Singapore 2025).