How does the subreddit feel about Polygon building multiple L2 solutions and moving away from being "just a commit chain"?

Everyone knows that Polygon is currently just a commit chain and not a real layer 2. For some reason people either don't realize or outright ignore the fact that Polygon is building a whole suit of L2 chains. Polygon believes in an Ethereum centric world and the fact that they've put in 1B$ to build these ZK products on Ethereum proves this.

I think this multi-sided approach to ZK scaling on Ethereum is new and pretty interesting. They're aiming to do a whole "internet of blockchains" type thing and to my knowledge I do not think this has been done before. Its products are designed to support the growth of Ethereum as the network ramps up its user and application base. It’s worth noting, Polygon’s particular focus on Ethereum reflects the company’s core belief in the network as the center of the future cross-chain paradigm.

At present, blockchain scaling lacks a one-size-fit-all answer, meaning each startup’s solution – be it Optimistic rollups, Zero Knowledge rollups (ZK Rollups), or some other alternative – has a place in the current ecosystem. This sort of competitive research effort is what Mihailo Bjelic, co-founder of Polygon, has referred to in the past as “letting one thousand flowers bloom.”

For anyone wondering. ZK Rollups are one of the two general categories of Layer-2 rollups, alongside their peer, Optimistic rollups. At its core, the idea of ZK Rollups relies on cryptographic proofs to verify changes to the network state before they are bundled into the Ethereum blockchain. As a result, some call ZK Rollups ‘validity proofs’. This stands in contrast to Optimistic rollups, which “optimistically” assume all transactions are correct and let verifiers on the mainnet check for fraudulent transactions over some course of time. Optimistic rollups are also referred to as ‘fraud proofs’.

I urge you to look into each of these individual chains on your own as there's too much info for one post honestly but in short. Hermez is placing a high focus on decentralization, Zero is focused on speed, Nightfall has a focus on Privacy for enterprises, while Miden is a STARK and Polygon avail is focusing on Data availability for Ethereum. Polygon edge is also made with developers in mind.

None of this is out there yet and I think Hermez is the closest to going live. *IF* all this goes well and they keep their promises then I believe this could be a massive step forward when it comes to scaling Ethereum. I'm curious to hear the communities thoughts on this.