Nethermind has launched an Ethereum Layer 2 network called "Surge Rollup." Surge Rollup is an ULTRABASED rollup with gigabit speeds, built on the $Taiko stack, designed for developers, builders, and autonomous agents; it launches as the second phase, prioritizing activity, censorship resistance, security, and permissionless capabilities; it is sorted by Ethereum validators rather than centralized sorters; it uses $ETH as gas, requiring no native tokens, points, or airdrops; and it provides Ethereum performance through the Nethermind client.