Frictionless flows are Ethereum's path to economic dominance

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Ethereum faces a decentralized parallel. Rollups, particularly those that are optimistic and ZK-based, impose delays of up to a week on withdrawals and offer only patchy cross-rollup liquidity.

Ethereum-native rollups, planned after a hard fork in 2026, promise closer integration, and while they are still not ready for deployment, based rollups offer tighter alignment with Ethereum by sharing sequencing and improving settlement while sacrificing some independence.

In a permissionless system, capital flows to where it is treated best, and Ethereum's rollups mistreat it.

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Author / Journalist: Cointelegraph by Barna Kiss

Category: Crypto

Markets: United StatesUnited Kingdom

Topics: Capital Ecosystem Fragment Decentralized Movement Future System Ethereum Liquidity Rollups Tariffing

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Published On: 2025-05-06 @ 16:00:00 (15 hours ago)

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News Source URL: cointelegraph.com

Language: English

Article Length: 759 words

Reading Time: 5 minutes read

Sentences: 53 lines

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