Why Would a Layer2 Decentralize its Sequencer?
Sequencers are the air-traffic control (ATC) system of the L2 network; however, if the air-traffic control is not performing its duty in the right way, it could topple the entire airline industry. Likewise, sequencers need to perform their duties more efficiently; otherwise, the trust in using L2s for better UX will eventually fade and defeat […]
Dencun Upgrade: A New Chapter for Ethereum’s Layer 2 Scalability
As a front-runner in the Web 3 ecosystem, Ethereum boasts a robust ecosystem housing thousands of Dapps, with a TVL at the time of writing standing at $50 B. Ethereum has been able to achieve these landmark milestones, allegiance to rollups and side chains. However, at the heart of the protocol, Ethereum is able to […]
How Shared Sequencers could ensure better decentralization in L2 rollups?
Most rollups today, even many leading Ethereum L2s, use centralized sequencers. Though it has its own benefits in terms of efficiency and cost, it might not suit the needs of many new rollups settling on Ethereum because of MEV attacks, liquidity fragmentation, and interoperability barriers diluting decentralization. If projects want to maintain sovereignty and security […]
Rise of Layer3 rollups: What benefits do they add to blockchain performance?
Lately, we are seeing a lot of buzz in the Web 3 space revolving around L3s. However, one thing that is intriguing to note is that if L2s provide scalability to the Dapps, in that case, why is the space talking about L3s? In this piece, we shall find out why. But, before we do […]
Rollup add-ons: Build more than just a naked L2 with critical integrations from day1
Rollups have surely become the prime scaling solutions among all. But a standalone rollup might not be something you are looking for. There are many other fundamental components required that elevate a base rollup into a fully integrated, operational ecosystem from day one. The rationale behind integrating them with the core rollup infrastructure is simple […]
Building Your First L2 Rollup? Here’s what can go wrong and how to fix it
The demand for Layer2 rollups is growing immensely as scalability and efficiency become more critical for web3 applications than ever. Many enterprises, startups, and scale-ups are building their own Layer2 or Layer3 chains. While all of them adhere to the best practices of rollup development, new projects might come across some mistakes that result in […]
Inside the World of Cross-Rollup Interoperability: Secret ingredient to win in L2 era
How big is the blockchain? It is worth $2T at the time of writing. But almost all the L1s are suffering from an innate problem of scalability. As a result, they have been highly dependent on L2s for achieving speed and throughput. Nonetheless, the intriguing fact is though L2s have undoubtedly helped max out at […]
Overcoming Historical Light Client Limitations in L2 rollups with Alt DA layers
Rollups are suffering under one grave problem where they need to be highly interoperable with other ecosystems for not diluting the liquidity. However, in order to do that, they need cost-efficient data availability solutions for validation, which should be decentralized and secure. That’s where the light nodes/clients are making a difference. In this piece, we […]
How Polygon’s Aggregation Layer Brings a New Phase in Rollup Interoperability?
2023 was the year for the rollups because they exploded as a technology solving the much-awaited scalability woes of the Web 3 ecosystem; however, scalability without interoperability is a half-won battle. Why? Imagine the Internet restricted to a single network. With that said, no two computers connected to two different networks could have been able […]
Alt DA Solutions Changing the Cost Game for L2 Rollups: Spotlight on Key Players
Whether it’s a monolithic or modular Layer2, they require a reliable data availability (DA) layer to ensure that data is stored securely and is readily available to all the network participants for verification. However, there’s a difference because monolithic rollup chains have to choose Ethereum as their DA layer for on-chain data storage, whereas modular […]