Ethereum Layer 2 Landscape After Devcon 8: What Changed

Devcon 8 is taking place from November 3–6 in Mumbai. The event arrives at a point when Ethereum Layer 2 scaling is no longer defined only by cheaper transactions. The harder questions now concern how rollups share liquidity, how quickly they can reduce dependence on central operators, and whether higher blob capacity can translate into sustainable fees when activity surges. This is a mid-event assessment rather than a claim that every Devcon outcome is already final. It establishes the late-October baseline, identifies the protocol changes already shaping L2 economics, and separates confirmed Ethereum upgrades from proposals that still require implementation.

Source: Coincu