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2022 will be a year of continuous, rapid development of the development of Ethereum technology. Layer2 network will be able to handle more complex and high-frequency applications. Layer 1 is currently dominated by new public chains like Solana, Avalanche, Terra, Binance Smart Chain, HECO, NEAR, and FTM. Layer 2 is designed to handle excess capacity and host applications in a complementary way to the main Ethereum network. On Polygon, a particular sidechain called "Polygon" is an industry leader with a value of nearly $5 billion.