Vitalik Buterin Comments on Sony’s Soneium Layer-2 Network Controversy
- Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin addressed the Soneium controversy, highlighting business control over user transactions.
- Soneium, a Sony-launched Ethereum layer-2 network, restricted transactions of meme coins Aibo and Toro.
- The restrictions were due to intellectual property concerns, with Soneium implementing temporary contract limitations.
- Luca Donno demonstrated how users could bypass restrictions by transacting directly on Ethereum with a delay.
- Soneium uses a centralized sequencer, allowing selective transaction processing but not blockchain censorship.
Vitalik Buterin noted that while Soneium’s design allows for transaction throttling, it does not censor the blockchain itself.
