The Solana Foundation and Ethereum boosters have engaged in an online debate over the term "network extensions" used to describe certain projects on Solana. The term was initially introduced by Solana Foundation's head of strategy, Austin Federa, to differentiate Solana's scalability approach from layer-2 solutions. Neon EVM, a platform for deploying Ethereum-centric apps on Solana, has recently adopted the term. Neon EVM argues that it is not a layer-2 solution since it does not add an extra layer on top of Solana and does not batch transactions. Other projects, such as Zeta, have expressed hesitancy towards the term, suggesting it may be more of a Solana marketing term. The debate continues, with some participants urging a focus on building useful projects instead of arguing over semantics.



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