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With an unwavering commitment to transparency, we strive to offer a thorough comparison of diverse Ethereum L2 systems, aiming to enlighten and empower the community with unbiased insights.\n\nWe present various non-trivial metrics and have thoroughly analyzed each L2 project to understand its technology's inner workings and associated risks. As an impartial watchdog, we actively monitor and contribute to the development of the L2 space.\n\n## About Us\n\n**L2BEAT** is a dedicated analytics and research platform for L2 scaling solutions. With an unwavering commitment to transparency, we strive to offer a thorough comparison of diverse Ethereum L2 systems, aiming to enlighten and empower the community with unbiased insights.\n\nWe present various non-trivial metrics and have thoroughly analyzed each L2 project to understand its technology's inner workings and associated risks. As an **impartial watchdog**, we actively monitor and contribute to the development of the L2 space.\n\n## Our Work\n\n**Our ongoing initiatives include:**\n\n- \ud83c\udf10 Constantly updating and adding new features to **[l2beat.com](https://l2beat.com/scaling/tvl)** like **[Liveness](https://x.com/l2beat/status/1724764535997800821)**, **[Finality](https://x.com/l2beat/status/1747959647741342165)** and **[DA](https://x.com/l2beat/status/1767554816123777178)** tabs as well as countless **[QoL](https://x.com/l2beat/status/1843967066472112519)** updates.\n- \ud83c\udd95 Adding support for new L2 and L3 projects such as Gravity, Cronos or Re.al as soon as they hit the mainnet\n- \u2699\ufe0f Developing and maintaining essential transparency tools like the **[StarkEx Explorer](https://dydx.l2beat.com)** with many more coming soon\n- \ud83d\uddf3\ufe0f Actively and responsibly participating in the governance of projects like **Arbitrum**, **Optimism**, **Starknet**, **Hop**, **Uniswap** and **Connext** while also participating in discussions on online events and in stationary meetups\n- \ud83d\udee0 Releasing open-source products such as **[Earl](https://earl.fun)** or **[BYOR](https://medium.com/l2beat/build-your-own-rollup-72423f4255e7)** to support the broader developer community and encourage developer inflow into the Ethereum ecosystem\n- \ud83c\udf93 Organizing numerous high-quality conferences like **[L2AMSTERDAM](https://amsterdam.l2beat.com)**, **[L2WARSAW](https://warsaw.l2beat.com/)**, **[L2DAYS](https://l2days.xyz/m)** to educate and grow the Ethereum community\n- \ud83d\udd0d Actively identifying and reporting security flaws to safeguard the L2 space through our Discovery Discord tool\n- \ud83d\udcdc Sharing insightful publications, such as our **[Upgradeability of Ethereum L2s](https://l2beat.com/multisig-report)** report or **[Tracking time to finality](https://x.com/l2beat/status/1747959657375600939)** blogpost\n\n**As always, we have very ambitious plans for the future**, including introducing more metrics, enhancing our risk framework, automating monitoring, and building specialized instruments for various L2s and other projects within the Ethereum ecosystem.\n\n## Donate\n\n\ud83d\udca1 By donating to us, you support our ongoing efforts to provide education, transparency, and valuable resources to the L2 space. 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