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Activity on Scroll is picking up, with the network ranking third among Ethereum Layer 2s by throughput just one month after launching on mainnet.<\/p>\n
Scroll\u2019s throughput tagged a new high of more than 5 transactions per second (TPS) on Nov. 9 after increasing 138%<\/a> in one week, according to data from L2beat. Scroll\u2019s total value locked is also up 30% over the same period at $38.6M<\/a>, according to DeFi Llama.<\/p>\n Scroll\u2019s surging activity<\/a> comes amid a campaign allowing any user that deploys a smart contract on the network to mint a Scroll Origins NFT.<\/p>\n The promotion ignited a flurry of development on the network, with opportunistic airdrop hunters speculating the NFT may confer eligibility in the event Scroll distributes a token to early adopters in the future. Minting launched on Oct. 10 and will remain open for 60 days.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Hype for a possible Scroll airdrop was evidenced by enormous activity on its testnets, with the team estimating its alpha testnet hosted more than 47M transactions from 9M users in six months.<\/p>\n Scroll now ranks as the third-most active Ethereum Layer 2 behind Arbitrum with 10.8 TPS and dYdX with 8 TPS, notably beating out the recently surging ZkSync Era with 4.75 TPS.<\/p>\n DYdX\u2019s throughput is up 52% following the launch of its Cosmos-based Layer 1 appchain, dYdX Chain,<\/a> roughly two weeks ago. With users bridging assets from dYdX\u2019s older Layer 2 over to its new chain responsible for the lion\u2019s share of dYdX\u2019s current TPS, Scroll could soon emerge as the second most popular L2.<\/p>\n However, whether Scroll\u2019s activity will remain high after its Origin NFT mints conclude remains to be seen.<\/p>\n Many Ethereum Layer 2s have quickly risen through the L2 throughput rankings after launching adoption incentives, only to drop back down once the promotional campaigns have concluded.<\/p>\n For example, Base quickly emerged as the top L2 by throughput after launching its \u201cOnChain Summer<\/a>\u201d campaign in September, propelling the network to a record high of 21.3 TPS on Sept. 14. Activity on the network has since slumped, with Base processing an average of 2.7 TPS over the past 24 hours.<\/p>\nLayer 2 rankings<\/h2>\n