EigenLayer ecosystem guide: AVS, operators, LRT and LRTfi map
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Introduces EigenLayer, AVS and liquid restaking, then maps the ecosystem: 23 AVS, node operators, 17 liquid restaking protocols and LRTfi apps such as Pendle and Prisma.
Key claims
EigenLayer is the most significant launch since Ethereum
LRTfi will be a multi-billion sub-sector of DeFi
✨♾ The Eigenlayer Ecosystem ♾✨
Eigenlayer mainnet is live. 🍾
I have spent months researching the ecosystem. 🔍
Today it's time to unveil the magic world of @eigencloud. ✨
Keep reading for a simple introduction to @eigencloud and the most comprehensive ecosystem guide you will find on CT! 👇
🤔 What is Eigenlayer?
@eigencloud is a general-purpose layer for programmable trust. Eigenlayer will be the most significant launch since Ethereum. Bitcoin pioneered decentralized trust. Ethereum generalized that concept of a decentralized trust network and made it programmable. However, the degree of programmability that the EVM provides is limited. That’s why we need Eigenlayer that completely generalizes the Ethereum trust layer and allows anyone to bootstrap a decentralized network on top of it that can run arbitrary programs, not constrained by the limitations of the Ethereum base layer or the EVM.
🤔 What is an AVS?
Actively Validated Services are decentralized networks bootstrapped on top of @eigencloud's programmable trust layer. They are secured by a subset of Ethereum validators and a crypto-economic security layer fueled by restaked assets. AVS can basically be anything and often serve the purpose of middleware / modular infrastructure. On top of this infrastructure secured by Ethereum's trust layer (e.g. @eigenDA), we can continue to build and design powerful execution layers (like @0xMantle or restaked rollups launched with @alt_layer).
🤖 The AVS Ecosystem
✦ @eigen_da (Data Availability Layer)
✦ @HyperspaceAI (Decentralized AI)
✦ @aethosnetwork (Contract Policy Engine)
✦ @alt_layer (Rollup-as-a-Service for Restaked Rollups)
✦ @DroseraNetwork (Security Automation)
✦ @theblockless (Verifiable Computation)
✦ @Hyperlane_xyz (Interoperability)
✦ @PolyhedraZK (Interoperability)
✦ @EspressoSys (Shared Sequencing)
✦ @EthosStake (EigenLayer Security for Cosmos)
✦ @lagrangedev (Universal Proving Layer)
✦ @OmniFDN (Interoperability)
✦ @silencelabs_sl (MPC-based Authentification)
✦ @NEARProtocol (Fast Finality Layer)
✦ @witnesschain (DePIN Coordination)
✦ @Gasp_xyz (Cross-Chain AMM)
✦ @0xMantle (EVM Rollup using EigenDA)
✦ @brevis_zk (ZK Co-Processor)
✦ @alignedlayer (Universal Verification Layer)
✦ @supermetafi (ZK Validator Coordination Layer)
✦ @fhenix (FHE Co-Processor)
✦ @radius_xyz (Shared Sequencing)
✦ @eoracle_network (Oracle Network)
✦ +++
AVS networks need infrastructure providers and node operators. This is an entire sub-sector of the @eigencloud ecosystem in itself.
⚙️ The AVS Infrastructure Ecosystem
✦ @ankr
✦ @coinbase
✦ @everstake_pool
✦ @luganodes
✦ @ChorusOne
✦ @Allnodes
✦ @Rockaway_X
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🤔 What is Liquid Restaking?
Restaking provides the crypto-economic fuel (aside native restaking) that @eigencloud needs to allow anyone to bootstrap a decentralized network on top of its infrastructure. Liquid restaking protocols abstract complexity in the process for the end user and enable users to maintain position liquidity through the issuance of Liquid Restaking Tokens (LRT).
⛽️ Liquid Restaking Ecosystem
✦ @ether_fi
✦ @KelpDAO
✦ @renzoai
✦ @puffer_finance
✦ @swellnetworkio
✦ @Euclidfi
✦ @Eigenpiexyz_io
✦ @Bedrock_DeFi
✦ @restakefi
✦ @Stake_Stone
✦ @InceptionLRT
✦ @Genesis_LRT
✦ @RioRestaking
✦ @AstridFinance
✦ @PrimeStaked
✦ @layerless_io
✦ @YieldNestFi
✦ +++
🤔 What is LRTfi?
Liquid restaking protocols and the billions in LRT capital they issue give rise to an entirely new sub-sector of DeFi, a.k.a. LRTfi. A space that will be worth billions and in which innovative use cases around liquid staking tokens are emerging.
💸 LRTfi Ecosystem
✦ @vectorreserve
✦ @Davos_Protocol
✦ @ionprotocol
✦ @pendle_fi
✦ @Penpiexyz_io
✦ @PrismaFi
✦ +++
Are you ready for a new era anon? 👀
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