GWEI Cloud Summit Week 4: As Layer2 Gains Momentum, Who Will Become the King of the Ecosystem?

"Too many cars, congested roads, expansion is imminent" has long become the top priority for Ethereum's development. After three years of multi-market evolution, Layer2 solutions have proliferated—Arbitrum taking an early lead, StarkNet and Optimism racing to catch up, high hopes placed on zkSync, along with diverse Layer2 platforms like Scroll and Aurora emerging one after another.
Facing the imminent explosion in the Layer2赛道 (sector), who will emerge as the next frontrunner? And what new investment opportunities lie beneath?

ZK Rollup vs. Optimistic Rollup: which will reign supreme in this new frontier?

Under relentless pressure from emerging L1 blockchains such as Solana, Avalanche, and BSC, how should Ethereum’s Layer2 contenders prepare their counteroffensive?
At 8 PM on May 18th (UTC+8), the Global Web3 Ecosystem Innovation Cloud Summit (GWEI Cloud Summit), hosted by DeFi Dao and co-organized by ChainNode and BitSun, will feature special guests Scroll researcher Young, Arbitrum China Business & Community Lead Nina Rong, Polygon Head of China Cora, and Celer China Lead Qi Chao. They will dive into the Layer2 landscape, discussing its developmental trends and investment prospects!

Live Stream Time: May 18th, 20:00 UTC+8 (Wednesday evening)
Stream Link:https://www.gweisummit.com/
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Like a flash of lightning, ELECTRO streaks across, leaving behind only a piece of amber—an elusive trace, almost mythical in nature. If we examine that amber too closely, electricity will never arise within it; but if, by chance, ELECTRO brushes past two unremarkable pieces of amber causing them to collide, perhaps then we might glimpse the thunderous resonance of immense power.
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Post-Blockchain Era Theme Week Recap:

On May 11th, Tina Liu, Mina Asia Marketing Lead; William, Oasis ecosystem product manager; Wenjia, Avalanche marketing lead; and Zuriel, CEO of Photon Storage gathered live on ChainNode for a peak dialogue around pivotal public blockchain topics—you won’t want to miss their insights!

Tina Liu:

Mina uses zk-SNARKs to maintain the entire network at just 22 KB. This significantly lowers node setup costs, effectively promoting greater decentralization and increasing speed. Additionally, recursive zero-knowledge proofs possess another capability—they can verify any data, not just transaction records, but also personal IDs or sensitive private information, enabling seamless integration with internet data. Once Mina’s SDK launches, dApps built on it will inherently carry privacy features.

William:

I am highly confident about the future of privacy computing. Especially amid the recent wave of blockchain advancements, many projects now set maximum decentralization and maximum privacy as their ultimate goals, pushing technical innovation to higher standards. As everyone dives into the Web3 movement, a core principle is defending user rights—ensuring individuals retain control over their own data. In this context, privacy protection is an inevitable path forward.

Wenjia:

The strongest proof of a public chain’s competitiveness lies in its ecosystem—its ability to attract developers to build high-quality projects on it. The bear market is precisely when we must focus intensely on ecosystem development. Bull markets reward those who strategically positioned themselves during downturns. This year, Avalanche will particularly emphasize NFTs and GameFi.

Zuriel:

Storage and computation are the two pillars of computing. In the Web2 era, core products of internet applications like Google, TikTok, and Facebook were built upon big data and artificial intelligence. In contrast, the Web3 storage market appears small today, but this is merely an illusion caused by underdeveloped underlying technologies. At its heart, Web3 empowers users to own and authorize sharing of their data—a value-rich paradigm. From a metaverse perspective, the metaverse is an infinite game generating vast storage demands. For both reasons, Web3 storage demand will eventually match the scale of traditional internet storage.
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