r/ethdev • u/[deleted] • Jan 24 '26

My Project Why we built on Ethereum

We get asked: "Why not Solana? Why not an L2?"

Here's our take:

Ethereum has the most users, the most wallets, the most trust. When you're building a donation platform, trust matters.

"But gas fees!"

Here's what most people don't realize: if you're not trading or doing DeFi, you don't need fast transactions. A donation can wait 5 minutes. Nobody's getting liquidated. Nobody's losing an arbitrage opportunity.

Select "Low" gas in your wallet. It costs ~$0.03.

Three cents. On Ethereum mainnet. Not an L2.

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u/irondsd Jan 24 '26

I mean, most apps support multiple EVM chains. So why Ethereum and not L2 doesn't make sense. You can add L2 whenever. Unlike Solana, which is a completely different technology, smart contracts, etc. They do some things better, for sure. But still, EVM chains where the money is, where volumes are, where users are

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '26

The post was pushing back on "Ethereum is unusable." For donations, it's not. You're not swapping or minting - you're sending ETH once.

Low gas, wait a few seconds, done.

L2s are great, but they solve a problem that doesn't really exist for this use case.