Any research or data analysis that shows how centralized Polygon really is?

A standard critique is "it's a centralized sidechain" but I haven't seen anything published that shows how it is more centralized vs other L2s

IMO the easiest way to think about this is that choosing Polygon PoS is the same as choosing any other PoS L1, where you're relying on the security of the chain's validator set. 

This is a very different security model than an L2 which inherits the security of its base layer (e.g. Ethereum L1)

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That’s very interesting! Are there examples of L2s that inherit the security of the base layer?

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Optimism, Arbitrum, Fuel are “optimistic” rollups that inherit the security of Etheruem

zkSync, Polygon Hermez, Scroll are zkEVM rollups that inherit the security of Ethereum (all pre-mainnet)