Gate News message, April 22 — Vitalik Buterin stated during a discussion with Xiao Feng that applications need to consider what Ethereum mainnet lacks. Layer 2 solutions should focus on applications that are not already available on the mainnet, rather than duplicating existing functionality.
Buterin also noted that Ethereum mainnet will continue to increase its gas limit over the next one to two years.
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