ENS abandons L2 solution in favor of Ethereum mainnet
The Ethereum Name Service (ENS) team has announced a change in their plans for the launch of the updated version of the service - ENSv2. Initially, it was planned that ENSv2 would be deployed on a Layer 2 solution called Namechain. However, the developers have now decided to completely abandon these plans and instead integrate the new features directly into the Ethereum mainnet.
The key factor that influenced this decision was a significant drop in gas fees in Ethereum - according to ENS, they have fallen by 99% compared to peak values. In addition, the project team refers to upcoming Ethereum scalability improvements that will make the mainnet a more suitable platform for deploying ENSv2.
For ENS users, this means a smoother and more seamless experience, without the need to work with an L2 solution. Additionally, abandoning Namechain will allow the team to save resources on the development and maintenance of this additional infrastructure.
Overall, this step by ENS demonstrates that developers of large decentralized applications are increasingly inclined to use the Ethereum mainnet, despite the previously widespread opinion about the need to offload workloads to L2 solutions. Apparently, improvements in scalability, stability, and fee reduction make Ethereum an attractive platform even for resource-intensive applications like ENS.