- Developers will have the security and scalability benefits of restaking at their fingertips, along with complete compatibility.
- Cartesi and EigenLayer are setting an example for the industry via an invitation-only internal hackathon.
- EigenLayer and Cartesi are both dedicated to bridging the gap between infrastructure protocols and dApps for end users.
In order to allow their core developers to create transformational decentralized applications (dApps) that are capable of driving end-user adoption, EigenLayer, the Ethereum restaking protocol, is collaborating with Cartesi, a powerful modular blockchain protocol that provides builders with a complete Linux environment and high speed rollups. Cartesi’s Linux-powered Coprocessor and EigenLayer’s ground-breaking restaking protocol will be able to work together to provide builders, including conventional Web2 developers, with the ability to capitalize on the combined benefits of both.
With the inclusion of Linux, the Cartesi Virtual Machine allows developers to build dApps with the advantage of decades of battle-tested programming languages, tools, and libraries. Cartesi provides each dApp its own rollup with dedicated computing, offering considerable increases in computational scalability without sacrificing on decentralization, security and censorship resistance.
To enable future web3 developments, infrastructure protocols are continuing to expand at a fast rate. However, the adoption and refining of end-user products has not evolved as swiftly as the growth of infrastructure protocols. Protocol projects need to actively work to ideate and nurture the next generation of transformative decentralized applications in order to ensure widespread adoption of web3 solutions and to have a significant impact on the lives of end-users.
Cartesi and EigenLayer are setting an example for the industry via an invitation-only internal hackathon (Experiment Week #3) that will take place from February 10th to February 17th. This hackathon is an inspiration for the industry as it provides protocol core developers with the opportunity to get in the trenches in order to ideate and prototype consumer decentralized applications (dApps) and new use cases.
Felipe Argento, Co-founder and Advisor at Cartesi stated:
“We saw so many mind-blowing projects built in the first two editions of Cartesi Experiment Week, and I’m beyond excited for what’s in store this time – especially with a giant like EigenLayer joining the fun!”
However, Cartesi’s Coprocessor is the only virtual machine in the blockchain space that is capable of running Linux. EigenLayer’s restaking technology is revolutionizing the way in which blockchain applications can leverage Ethereum’s security and scale. Cartesi is currently providing power to more than one hundred different projects.
Nader Dabit, the Director of Developer Advocacy at EigenLayer, said:
“We’re thrilled to partner with Cartesi for this hackathon. Their Linux-powered rollups enable developers to build complex on-chain applications with familiar tools. This event will showcase the incredible potential of Cartesi’s technology to push the boundaries of what’s possible in web3.”
EigenLayer is a decentralized restaking protocol that increases the security and scalability of blockchain ecosystems by enabling Ethereum validators to extend their security guarantees to new networks and services. By using the current Ethereum staking infrastructure, EigenLayer allows developers and decentralized apps to benefit from Ethereum’s powerful security without the need to build separate validator networks.
Erick de Moura, Founder of Cartesi, commented:
“Cartesi’s vision is to expand the web3 design space by bringing real-world computation on-chain. With EigenLayer, Cartesi’s Linux Coprocessor unlocks groundbreaking possibilities for developers. Experiment Week offers a unique opportunity to showcase practical applications and inspire new builders and founders through this powerful collaboration.”
Developers will have the security and scalability benefits of restaking at their fingertips, along with complete compatibility with the mainstream software industry, thanks to the combination of Cartesi’s Linux-powered Coprocessor and EigenLayer’s ground-breaking restaking protocol. This will open up the space for innovation in web3. This synergy paves the way for sophisticated decentralized finance, verifiable artificial intelligence inferences, and a plethora of other use cases.
Builders have the potential to experiment and tackle key industry concerns such as data integrity, fairness, and verifiability, which will ultimately lead to the development of an artificial intelligence landscape that is more reliable and ethical. This opportunity comes in the midst of a growing demand for decentralized artificial intelligence to ensure transparency, security, and trust in AI applications. It is either impossible or extremely expensive for applications to run artificial intelligence on-chain due to the limited computational capacity it possesses as well as the high costs associated with the current data availability and execution layers.
Smart contracts are equipped with the software tools and complex computation that power web2 thanks to the Cartesi Coprocessor, which revolutionizes blockchain applications. The integration of a RISC-V virtual machine that is compatible with Linux is what distinguishes the Cartesi Coprocessor from others. This gives developers access to a configuration that is both familiar and flexible for carrying out computations. Developers will find it much simpler than ever before to reuse pre-existing software libraries and tools for web3 use cases as a result of this compatibility, which bridges the gap between traditional software development and blockchain innovation.
Through the provision of a “marketplace for trust,” EigenLayer is able to solve the bootstrapping problem that is associated with new web3 services. Instead of requiring each web3 builder to independently raise capital, establish cryptoeconomic security, and onboard Operators, EigenLayer provides Cryptoeconomic Security as a Service by bringing together Restakers, Operators, and Actively Validated Services (AVSs). This eliminates the need for each web3 builder to do these things. Without having to go through the time-consuming and expensive process of protecting their own network, new applications are able to take advantage of Ethereum’s security by using this strategy.
EigenLayer and Cartesi are both dedicated to bridging the gap between infrastructure protocols and decentralized applications (dApps) for end users in order to speed up the process of widespread adoption of blockchain solutions.
