Comment by collision-detection on 22/07/2021 at 17:33 UTC*

223 upvotes, 4 direct replies (showing 4)

View submission: Scaling Reddit’s Community Points with Arbitrum

Happy to see that Reddit chose a true Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution, which means that the Layer 2 (Arbitrum) inherits Ethereum's base layer security guarantees, as opposed to side-chains, which do not.

And of course, happy that the base layer is Ethereum since it is the only decentralized, permissionless, credibly neutral, general purpose blockchain in existence right now.

Well done.

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Comment by trent_vanepps at 22/07/2021 at 18:00 UTC

38 upvotes, 0 direct replies

well said

Comment by IAMAdot2 at 22/07/2021 at 21:13 UTC

25 upvotes, 3 direct replies

Too many don't understand the difference between a side-chain and true Layer 2. I think it's a shame loopring never took off whereas MATIC network exploded.

Comment by illGermanWhipAddict at 23/07/2021 at 01:14 UTC

4 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Reddit's ahead of the times, who knew

Comment by littleczechfish at 09/08/2022 at 15:12 UTC

1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

This is going to be built on a new centralized (controlled by FTX, Reddit, and Consensys) sidechain called Arbitrum Nova.