L2BEAT Renamed to ETHBEAT, Expands Focus Beyond Layer 2

ChainCatcher report: Ethereum Layer 2 data platform L2BEAT has announced its rebranding to ETHBEAT. The team stated that its work has clearly expanded beyond Layer 2, and the new name aligns with its updated mission. The rebranding does not signify abandonment of Layer 2 coverage—monitoring will continue—but Layer 2 is no longer the sole focus. The current priority is to verify whether systems built on Ethereum are genuinely delivering Ethereum’s guarantees to users.

L2BEAT was launched over five years ago with the initial goal of mapping the rapidly evolving Ethereum Layer 2 ecosystem. The team began tracking adoption using a dashboard, starting with Total Value Locked (TVL), later shifting to Total Value Secured (TVS), and expanding to include metrics such as activity; they also reviewed the source code of deployed smart contracts to assess whether these systems inherited Ethereum’s security guarantees.

ETHBEAT will bring its established transparency and review methodology to a broader Ethereum ecosystem, collaborating with other Ethereum organizations. Layer 2 solutions remain a core focus, alongside privacy, upcoming liquid staking, cross-chain interoperability, tokens, zero-knowledge proofs, native rollups, and base layer changes. The team has also launched the CROPS guidelines, which catalog projects that adhere to principles of censorship resistance, open source, privacy, and security. Their mission is to help users understand and reduce reliance on intermediaries by clarifying whom users must trust, what these entities can do, and whether users can still exit if other participants withdraw.