The official Celo countdown website confirmed the transition, announcing that Celo is now live as an Ethereum Layer 2. The move follows 20 months of planning, testing, and governance discussions since its initial proposal by cLabs in July 2023.
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Celo Completes Ethereum Layer-2 Transition After 20 Months of Testing
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CLabs, Celo’s core developer, proposed migrating Celo from a standalone Ethereum-compatible Layer 1 blockchain to an Ethereum Layer 2 network in July 2023, initiating a nearly two-year process involving extensive planning, testing, governance discussions, and a community-driven hard fork completed in March 2025
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