Ethereum: The Global Economic Layer

Build on the most secure, liquid, and programmable blockchain ecosystem

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$7B+

RWAs

$134B+

Stablecoins

$53B+

Total Value Locked

Ξ4M+

ETH Exported to L2s

Ξ574k+

Strategic Reserves Held in ETH

Join Industry Leaders on Ethereum

"There was no question the blockchain we would start our tokenization on would be Ethereum, and that's not just a BlackRock thing. That's the natural default answer. That's really important."

⏤ Robbie Mitchnick, BlackRock Head of Digital Assets

What Is Ethereum L1 and L2?

Ethereum is comprised of L1 and L2s. Ethereum Mainnet (L1) is the foundational base layer that apps L2s are built on top of. L2s are sovereign chains with custom environments built on Ethereum Mainnet.

Why Build on Ethereum L1?

Maximum Security

Battle-tested and decentralized, Ethereum L1 secures the world’s largest onchain economy.

Maximum Liquidity

Tap into trillions in stablecoins, ETH, and tokenized assets natively available.

Mature Tooling

Leverage years of ecosystem development with rich libraries, dev tools, and infra.

Censorship Resistance

Ethereum is globally distributed and leaderless, making it nearly impossible to censor or shut down.

Credibly Neutral

Ethereum is public infrastructure that operates by protocol, not politics.

Developer Access

Tap into the largest pool of blockchain developers for faster hiring and scalable growth.

Ready to start building on Ethereum L1?

Access world-class tooling, liquidity, and security today.

Start Building on L1

Scale with Ethereum L2

Higher Throughput

Scale your dapps with rollups offering faster and cheaper transactions.

Custom Environments

Design chains tailored to your needs — privacy, gas models, data availability, and execution.

Sovereign Yet Secure

Enjoy L1-grade security while maintaining your network's autonomy.

Build on an L2

Deploy on popular L2s like Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, or ZKsync. (See more)

Start Building on L2

Launch Your Own L2

Join industry leaders building L2s on Ethereum: Coinbase, Kraken, Sony

Create Your Own L2

L1 to L2 Migrations

L1 ecosystems are evolving by migrating to Ethereum L2s to gain access to unmatched security, and soon deep liquidity and shared infrastructure.

Case Studies: Celo, Canto, Lisk, Cronos

What’s Coming for Ethereum?

Shared Liquidity

Aggregated, instant access to liquidity across L1 and L2s.

Synchronous Composability

Instant cross-rollup interactions like never before.

Based Rollups

Low overhead, minimal trust assumptions, max alignment.

Native Rollups

Rollups that feel like L1, powered directly by Ethereum.

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