Jesse Pollak, the head of the Base protocol, replied to Solana co-founder toly on X: "I don't think the Base < > Ethereum relationship is a zero-sum competition. Base and other L2s are actually executing the Ethereum roadmap, and many of us have been working together on this for over 5 years. If Base grows, so will Ethereum. Will Ethereum's transaction acceptance rate on L2 be lower than L1? Yes, absolutely. Will this acceptance rate be the same as it is today when we are in the midst of probably the biggest growth opportunity in human history? I doubt it - I expect it to be higher, but it will still be below 100%. Should L1 also increase capacity? Yes, that would be nice too! We can win. Building with us is 100 times more fun and 100 times more likely to succeed than tearing each other down and competing zero-sum. That being said, I do understand how useful it is that you drive us to compete with each other. The more we compete, the less we can focus on working together across multiple layers to build the best version of Ethereum possible. My goal is to make sure that doesn't happen. Achieve each other, stick to the foundation, and keep building. "