Question for ethereum experts:

Is mainnet a safer store of value than L2s? Or is safety on both primarily a factor of my ability to safeguard my seed phrase?

In other words, if I transact primarily on L2s, is there a reason why I might still prefer to store most of my eth on mainnet?

Yes, L1 is still most secure. All L2s have additional attack surface area, and none of them are fully permissionless ("stage 2") at this point either.

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Thx for answering. That was my intuition but wanted to verify it against actual logic. 🙏

Yes, L1 is still most secure. All L2s have additional attack surface area, and none of them are fully permissionless ("stage 2") at this point either. https://medium.com/l2beat/introducing-stages-a-framework-to-evaluate-rollups-maturity-d290bb22befe

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Bridges are attack vectors also, so there is a risk moving back and forth. Isn't crypto a great adrenaline rush!

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Same. I’m split between cex (coinbase), mainnet and L2s on several different eth addresses

yup. l2s are just experimental from what I can perceive. hold some on 'the' mainnet; and, have some ready on a CEX, too is all i do.

At a very high level. Storing your eth on an l2 is very similar to parking your eth in a smart contract on the l1. There is lindy and audits and whatever to assure you that your funds are safe. But a smart contract (l2) will always be slightly riskier than having eth just sit in your wallet.

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