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$ETH's next named protocol upgrade — Glamsterdam — is redirecting developer attention toward the base chain itself as a scaling venue, according to reporting from crypto.news.
After a period dominated by the Layer 2 narrative, the move signals a renewed conversation about how much capacity Ethereum's own chain can actually absorb.
What "Back in Focus" Actually Implies The phrase is worth unpacking.
Layer 1 scaling means increasing throughput directly on Ethereum's main chain rather than offloading transactions to separate rollup networks that periodically settle to it.
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