Spent last month researching L2 solutions for a project and honestly the gap between advertised specs and real-world performance is pretty shocking. Most projects claim 5000+ TPS but under actual load with realistic traffic patterns you're lucky to get 20% of that.
Tested several different setups with burst traffic patterns (simulating what happens during high activity periods) and the performance degradation was massive. Some solutions that looked amazing on paper completely fell apart when you throw 10k concurrent users at them.
The other thing nobody talks about is gas cost stability. Several L2s advertise super low costs but then during network congestion the fees spike 30-50x. So your "cheap L2" suddenly costs more than mainnet during the exact moments when you need it most.
Configuration seems to matter way more than which framework you're using. Saw identical tech stacks with 10x performance differences just based on how they're set up and whether you're on shared vs dedicated infrastructure.
For anyone evaluating L2s, don't trust the benchmarks on their websites. Run your own tests with your actual use case and realistic traffic patterns or you'll get surprised in production.
layer 2 scaling solutions ranked by actual performance, the marketing vs reality gap is wild
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Posted by Syn1923
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Yes, L2’s are compromises on top of a compromised L1. If the L1 is architected properly, there’s no need for an L2.
Hedera has 10,000+ TPS per shard, add more shards for more capacity (unlimited). Fixed fees priced in USD for predictable cost forecasting. Best possible ABFT security.
In the end, all roads lead to Hedera.
How do you run your own tests and get this data?