Corn: Ethereum needs to establish a value capture mechanism for L2, otherwise it may become an outdated security layer

On March 15, zak.eth, the co-founder of Corn, posted that Ethereum is facing the problem of value loss to the layer 2 network (L2). He pointed out that the layer 2 network is currently withdrawing fees, MEV, and liquidity in large quantities, while Ethereum stakers are barely benefiting.

According to the data, Base incurred about $2.5 million in fees last month, but only paid less than $11,000 to Ethereum; For every $1 paid to Ethereum, Optimism gets around $321 from L2 fees.

zak.eth suggests a number of ways to improve the situation:

The L2 sequencer stakes ETH, and the L2 tokens are partially deposited into the ETH vault;

L2 rewards a portion of transaction fees and MEV to Ethereum stakers;

ETH becomes the default settlement asset for cross-rollup transactions;

Ethereum validators extend security to L2 by restaking.

He argues that Ethereum needs to enforce this value capture now, or risk becoming an outdated layer of security.