Ethereum is scaling, with increased gas limits and gradually stabilizing fees, while the positioning of Layer 2 is also shifting.

As @Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said, L2 shouldn't just be a scaling tool, but should provide capabilities that L1 itself doesn't have.

This is also the significance of @zksync launching Prividium.

Many institutions entering blockchain face a practical problem: privacy, liquidity, and compliance must all exist simultaneously.

Blockchains that are public by default expose transaction data and fund flows, making them unsuitable for many financial operations; but completely isolated private chains cut off ecosystem liquidity.

Prividium's design allows institutions to run private permissioned ZKsync chains in their own infrastructure or cloud environments.

All sensitive transaction data is kept off-chain, with only state commitments and zero-knowledge proofs anchored to @Ethereum

This preserves the privacy that institutions need while maintaining liquidity through connection with the Web3 ecosystem via the ZKsync network.

Structurally, this can be understood as Ethereum's banking technology stack.

It features private execution, Ethereum settlement, secure verification, and native connectivity to open liquidity.

This is also why ZKsync isn't replacing @Ethereum, but extending it, enabling Ethereum to truly support institutional-grade financial activity.