{"id":665779,"date":"2026-10-02T18:53:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T18:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/10\/02\/blast-to-wind-down-ethereum-l2-after-costs-outpace-revenue\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T18:53:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T18:53:40","slug":"blast-to-wind-down-ethereum-l2-after-costs-outpace-revenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/10\/02\/blast-to-wind-down-ethereum-l2-after-costs-outpace-revenue\/","title":{"rendered":"Blast to wind down Ethereum L2 after costs outpace revenue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-images.ctmedia.io\/media\/article-covers\/2026\/10\/01M3YVCXVHV01NQ6FAE9XNJ7YQ\/hi-terra-chain-test-net-to-go-offline-soon-will-that-be-it-for-the-network.png\" alt=\"Blast to wind down Ethereum L2 after costs outpace revenue\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once among Ethereum\u2019s largest layer-2 networks by total value locked, Blast is urging users to move their assets to mainnet ahead of the shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>Ethereum layer-2 network Blast is shutting down after its operating costs exceeded the revenue generated by the chain.<\/p>\n<p>In a Friday post on X, Blast said it sees no \u201ccredible path\u201d to making the network economically sustainable and asked users to withdraw their assets to Ethereum mainnet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe launched Blast with the goal of building a self-sustaining chain for users and developers,\u201d the team said. \u201cUnfortunately, the economics of operating the chain no longer make sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/blast-to-wind-down-ethereum-l2-after-costs-outpace-revenue\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once among Ethereum\u2019s largest layer-2 networks by total value locked, Blast is urging users to move their assets to mainnet ahead of the shutdown. Ethereum layer-2 network Blast is shutting down after its operating costs exceeded the revenue generated by the chain. In a Friday post on X, Blast said it sees no \u201ccredible path\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":665780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-665779","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}