I have been thinking about the concept of alignment a lot more recently. 

I don’t think it’s reasonable to assess alignment from a purely economic perspective, because Ethereum is not a for-profit entity.

If the goal of Ethereum is to become the world’s settlement layer and establish ETH as money, it takes more than just the protocol profiting.

It requires contributions to developer tooling, open-source libraries, infrastructure research, funding, education, security, social initiatives, and so much more.

That’s why after further thought I can’t assert Taiko as more ‘aligned’ than Arbitrum even though Taiko is Based and Arbitrum is optimistic.

Based rollups contributing more revenue to Ethereum is certainly a boost, but to truly figure out the alignment of a rollup it requires a holistic approach considering all factors.