Cardano [ADA], often hailed for its approach to smart contracts, has recently faced criticism following the apparent drop of its Total Value Locked (TVL) below Base, a Layer Two (L2) scaling solution built by Coinbase. One person who has heavily criticized Cardano is Evan Van Ness, a ConsenSys member and Ethereum [ETH] advocate. According to Van Ness, Cardano was now a “zombie chain” because it was two places below Base’s TVL.