Hii Everyone
I have a little question .... Sorry if this sound silly but i just cant help but ask
Everyone has been talking about the much anticipated ETH 2.0 and how it will put an end to the high transaction fees which is currently one of the major problems on Ethereum blockchain.
My question now is , what happens if ETH 2.0 fails to put an end to the high fees ?? would this mean the Death or partial death of ether?
(death--no longer used)
(partial death--no longer used like before)
If fees remain high after the ETH 2.0 upgrade (which is very likely to happen), then it'll be the partial death of ETH. It won't certainly die, given that it's the most decentralized smart contract platform in the world with a vast number of developers backing it. But its usage in the mainstream world will be reduced to a point where its competitors will gain the lead. The most straight-forward solution for ETH's high fees is to rely on a second-layer solution for scalability. Something like Bitcoin's Lightning Network for ETH will do the trick. Luckily, we have many solutions like the OMG Network, ZKSync, and more. It's up to dApp developers to use these solutions in order to reduce the burden on the main ETH blockchain. Otherwise, people will continue to face the problem of dealing with high fees on the network.
As it's said in the real world, "slow and steady wins the race". Ethereum's development team may be slow in scaling the blockchain, but the project may ultimately win the race. The number of dApps and tokens available on the ETH blockchain, speak for themselves. No other smart contract platform can compete with Ethereum in this regard. It will all come down to mainstream adoption than anything else. Hopefully, ETH will be able to experience lower fees as a result of new protocol enhancements (upgrades) over time. And once fees become the way they used to before, interacting with smart contracts will become practical again. Just my thoughts