Ethereum

Reasonable point by Anatoly, but of course that's what Ethereum's L2-centric approach is about:

Any user should be able to frequently and trustlessly (!) use L2s. Trustless means it must be affordable to run an L1 full node and L2 lightclients.

Reasonable point by Anatoly, but of course that's what Ethereum's L2-centric approach is about:

Any user should be able to frequently and trustlessly (!) use L2s. Trustless means it must be affordable to run an L1 full node and L2 lightclients.

https://x.com/aeyakovenko/status/1820288161769202141

Ethereum protocol R&D. Admirer of emergent order.

HW expenses (c3.large or equivalent): 400-500 USD/month
Data egress (100 TB @ aws rates): 8000 USD/month

That's 100K/year in expenses. I don't know who would spend that much in gas fees.