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Scaling progress, rollup adoption, and L2 ecosystem news.

Feb 18, 2026

Coinbase’s Base abandons Optimism’s OP Stack in favor of a unified, proprietary stack

Coinbase announced that its Ethereum layer-2 network Base will move away from the OP Stack and transition to a new “unified Base stack” that will be operated entirely by Base it…

Feb 4, 2026

Altcoin Founders Respond After Vitalik Buterin Questions Layer‑2 Roadmap

Ethereum co‑founder Vitalik Buterin said L2s must redefine their purpose; teams behind affected projects issued public replies.

Feb 4, 2026

Base Restores Network Stability After Configuration Change Triggered Transaction Delays

Coinbase-backed Layer-2 network fixed a misconfigured transaction propagation change and plans month-long pipeline and infrastructure upgrades to prevent future delays.

Feb 3, 2026

Buterin: Ethereum ‘No Longer Needs’ Layer‑2 Crutches as Base Layer Scales

Ethereum co‑founder Vitalik Buterin says the original Layer‑2 scaling vision should be rethought now that the base layer is growing and L2s have not met early decentralization e…