Offchain Labs co-founder: Ethereum L2s need to adopt dynamic pricing mechanisms to achieve scalable expansion

According to ChainCatcher, market sources report that Offchain Labs co-founder Edward Felten stated in his keynote speech at EthCC 2026 that Ethereum Layer 2 networks need to introduce a "dynamic pricing" mechanism to support billions of users and reduce fee volatility during periods of network congestion.

Felten pointed out that the current sharp fluctuations in gas prices remain the main method of resisting network overload, but this volatility poses a significant barrier for mainstream users. He stated that a dynamic pricing mechanism could handle a higher transaction volume at lower gas prices while avoiding infrastructure overload.

In response, developer Julian Kors noted that the main drawback of dynamic pricing is that its predictability is lower than EIP-1559. Status Network project lead Cyprien Grau believes that although this model improves fee accuracy, it still does not solve the structural issue—as scaling competition intensifies, Layer 2 network gas fees will trend toward zero in the long run, and dynamic pricing is essentially a revenue model built on a continually depreciating asset.