Bankless · Monday, June 29, 2026
ETH Labs is focusing on key areas like scaling the Ethereum L1 to support a 3x throughput increase per year and improving interoperability between L2s and the main chain. They aim to make Ethereum the default choice for on-chain activity by enhancing its capabilities and network effects. The organization views these as crucial steps to solidify Ethereum's role as a central hub for the global economy.
“So I was leading that topic at the Thirm Foundation for the last year and basically coming in saying like, hey, it really is important that not just the L2s are scaling with blobs and that remains, by the way, a crucial priority, but also that the L1 is in a strong place.”
“And so then we start that process with upcoming Amsterdam hard fork. There will be a huge scaling benefit coming out of that as much as like 4X kind of scaling throughput. And the more important thing is to put Ethereum basically on a permanent scaling trajectory. So I've been floating this goal of like 3X scaling per year. I think that's very achievable.”
“So platform are topics that are more about direct topics at the intersection between the chain and the actual applications, the builders. So that's things like interoperability, right? Like you can only actually succeed at being the central node in the on-chain economy if there's actually a direct and tangible benefit to being part of that, you know, United chains of Ethereum.”