L2BEAT Renames to ETHBEAT, Expanding Scope from Ethereum Layer 2 to the Entire Ecosystem

As reported by 深潮 TechFlow, on November 04, according to an official announcement by ETHBEAT (formerly L2BEAT), the organization has officially changed its name from L2BEAT to ETHBEAT to reflect that its scope has expanded from Ethereum Layer 2 to the broader Ethereum ecosystem. ETHBEAT said the rename does not mean abandoning Layer 2 research; it will continue monitoring L2 while strengthening research into privacy, interoperability, tokens, zero-knowledge proofs (ZK), and native rollups, and will also expand into liquid staking in the future.

ETHBEAT noted that Ethereum's base-layer protocol is directly addressing scalability, while Layer 2 projects are increasingly evolving into specialized on-chain applications. As a result, its research focus will shift to evaluating whether projects in the Ethereum ecosystem truly inherit Ethereum's core security properties, including censorship resistance, open source, privacy, and security, as well as which intermediaries users actually need to trust.

In addition, ETHBEAT announced the launch of the CROPS guide, which lists ecosystem projects that meet the relevant principles. The organization said it will continue to help users identify and reduce reliance on intermediaries through technical research, risk assessment, open-source tools, and industry-standard development.

Source: 深潮 TechFlow