Arbitrum Orbit as a candidate for Celo's L2: fit against requirements
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Evaluates Arbitrum Orbit for Celo's L2 move: decentralized sequencing, EigenDA and Celestia options, 1-block finality, trustless bridging, live permissioned fraud proofs (Stage 1), BOLD and Stylus.
Key claims
Arbitrum is a Stage 1 rollup per L2Beat
Orbit supports AnyTrust, Celestia or EigenDA for DA
Arbitrum Foundation may grant Celo a license for Orbit
The L2 Stack Wars around @CeloOrg's CEL2 migration intensify as @arbitrum throws its hat in the ring as well! ⚔️
Will Arbitrum beat the OP Stack, the Polygon CDK and the zkSync ZK Stack to win this L1 giant over? 🌱✨
Let's find out! 🧵👇
1/ The Arbitrum Foundation, a leader in Ethereum scaling has thrown its hat in the ring in the @CeloOrg Stack Wars! ⚔️
A recently launched proposal in the Celo forum outlines an @arbitrum Orbit stack based architecture for CEL2, welcoming Celo back to the Ethereum community.
2/ So is @CeloOrg 🤝 @arbitrum a match? 🤔
Arbitrum is known for its dominance in L2 DeFi.
It hosts leading protocols across various verticals.
It's also making strides in gaming, NFTs, and payments infrastructure, boasting high transaction volumes and strong user stats.
3/ Recently, after the public launch of Arbitrum Orbit, there has also been quite some adoption of @arbitrum tech to build out customized L2s and L3s.
4/ In the form of Arbitrum Orbit, @arbitrum provides a customizable, modular L2 (or L3) tech stack.
That's a potential path for @CeloOrg to become an L2 using the battle-tested Arbitrum Nitro codebase.
5/ From a high-level, Orbit definitely ticks the boxes on the tech side.
More specifically I mean:
🌟 Support for decentralized sequencing
🌟 Support for EigenDA
🌟 Retaining Celo's 1-block finality
🌟 Trustless Bridging and Interoperability
🌟 Additional Benefits
6/ 🌟 Decentralized Sequencer Mechanism:
With Orbit, @CeloOrg can customize its sequencer, benefiting from decentralized sequencing research for cross-chain interoperability and individual transaction policies.
7/ 🌟 Optimizing Data Availability:
@CeloOrg can choose from AnyTrust, @CelestiaOrg, or @eigencloud's EigenDA for Data Availability. AnyTrust reduces transaction fees with a trusted Data Availability Committee, enhancing speed and cost-efficiency.
8/ 🌟 Maintaining Celo’s 1-Block Finality:
Transactions on Orbit achieve faster sequencer finality with Nitro's efficient processing, and Ethereum finality through batched L2 transactions, optimizing @CeloOrg's 1-block finality goal.
9/ 🌟 Trustless Bridging and Interoperability
Arbitrum emphasizes the importance of interoperability with Ethereum, offering native trustless bridges for @CeloOrg’s L2 and potential fast bridging solutions for quick transactions.
10/ 🌟 Additional Benefits
@arbitrum already has interactive fraud proofs live on mainnet (permissioned).
@arbitrum is a Stage 1 rollup according to @L2Beat's trust framework for rollups.
Also, it supports Account Abstraction (AA) through ERC-4337, allowing for a seamless UX.
11/ @arbitrum is also leading the way torwards fully permissionless fraud proofs with BOLD.
Learn more here! 👇
x.com/zerokn0wledge_/status/1689260345024774144
12/ Stylus (@arbitrum's WASM VM) on the other hand bears significant potential to broaden support for programming languages and expand app design space.
Check out my thread below for a primer on Stylus! 👇
x.com/zerokn0wledge_/status/1638593894630948865
13/ Finally, @arbitrum offers support through partnerships for seamless migration from @CeloOrg’s EVM-compatible chain to Arbitrum Nitro, ensuring minimal friction & disruption
14/ To make CEL2 on Orbit a reality, the @arbitrum Foundation may grant a license to @CeloOrg for L2 Orbit, fostering a strategic partnership that benefits both communities through shared resources and development.
15/ Definitely a hot candidate in my opinion! 👀
If you want to learn more about the other tech stacks that are competing in the Stack Wars, check out my thread below! 👇
x.com/zerokn0wledge_/status/1730934921743757587
16/ I hope you've found this thread helpful! 🫡
Make sure to follow me @zerokn0wledge_ and @CeloOrg to stay up to date! xx
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