Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, has announced plans to donate gains from Layer 2 (L2) tokens such as OP, STRK, and BLAST to fund public goods within the Ethereum ecosystem. This move comes in response to recent accusations that Buterin sold millions in ETH for personal profit. The debate over the impact of L2 solutions on Ethereum continues, with some arguing that L2s have reduced Ethereum's direct fee revenue in the short term but hold underestimated long-term potential. The Ethereum community largely supports Buterin's vision for L2s, despite some criticism that these solutions are causing chaos. Specific L2 solutions like Arbitrum and Base are mentioned in the debate. The broader discussion centers on whether Ethereum can scale without losing to L2s, if the blockchain trilemma still exists, and the impact of Layer 1 fees.