Vitalik Buterin praises Soneium as a transparent demonstration of L2 capabilities
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Vitalik Buterin praised the Soneium L2 launch as an example of serving the priorities of both businesses and users. In cases of conflict, a business-grade L2 is still transparent and traceable. Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum, praised Sony’s launch of Soneium as an example of deploying a business-grade L2. The current L2 technology can allow a business to choose how much control to keep or give to users, explained Buterin in an X post. Buterin tried to clarify whether L2 actions reflected on Ethereum and whether censorship was the problem of the entire ecosystem. The @Soneium situation is a good live demonstration of how launching an ethereum L2 is great for businesses *and* users. Businesses can make very fine-grained choices around how much control they keep vs give to users. But whatever rules they choose, that’s what the rules are.… https://t.co/jmaCRDsyF0 — vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) January 15, 2025 Soneium joined the long list of over 127 L2 chains, each with a separate culture and use case. The token censorship actions are a precedent that has not been observed in other chains despite the launch of tokens infringing on IP rights. Buterin’s statement broke his own rule of not mentioning L2 chains in 2025 if they are not at least at Stage 1 of decentralization. Soneium is still a Stage 0 project, part of the Optimism super chain. The new chain is working through the changes needed to move to Stage 2 with fully decentralized security. As of January 2025, only Arbitrum and Optimism are Stage 1 chains, which Buterin has mentioned in previous statements. Buterin’s post arrives a day after Soneium disclosed its intention to freeze tokens that violate intellectual property rights. Soneium freezes the tokens through its centralized sequencer, preventing the transaction from proceeding. Even if the corporate chain decides to control…
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