On Oct. 31, the Ethereum co-founder released an article highlighting the dimensions of connectedness to the blockchain network as being the security of withdrawing to Ethereum and security of reading Ethereum.

Buterin also notes a trend in Layer 2 projects becoming more heterogeneous and how this raises the question of the complicated tradeoffs applications are having to make.

For some, connectedness is important

Buterin shares that for some projects, high security and tight connectedness are important. While for others, something looser is acceptable in exchange for greater scalability. 

The report goes on to state that two crucial dimensions make up this connectedness, with the first being the security of withdrawing to Ethereum, encompassing the security aspects related …