I asked @vnovakovski, founder of @Lighter_xyz, why other platforms are still building for L1, citing performance reasons.
"I don't know. Maybe they made a technical choice two years ago that's no longer relevant. Those people should talk to @SuccinctLabs."
He said L2 has no performance limitations—Lighter can currently run at 1 million operations per second if needed.
"The more secure L1 is, the higher the performance of L2 will be."
Lighter's reason for L2 is simple:
To provide users with a better product.