EigenLayer as a decentralized cloud for crypto-economic security
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Market since$EIGEN−94%since listingHow it played out ↓Describes EigenLayer as a developer platform for verifiable services that extends Ethereum's trust, letting teams bootstrap networks without rebuilding infra. EIGEN serves as the gateway to AVS airdrops and secures the system.
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EigenLayer has accumulated over $10B in crypto-economic capital
More than 40 AVS protocols are being built on it
EIGEN trades at $2.9 on pre-launch perps for a $4.8B FDV
Meanwhile, @eigencloud has accumulated >$10B in crypto-economic capital for its shared security layer.
> 40 AVS protocols are already being built on top of it, many of which are secured by billions of $$$ in restaked $ETH on mainnet.
Lowering the barriers to build verifiable services, @eigencloud is a developer platform that you can think of as a decentralized cloud for crypto-economic security on-demand.
By extending Ethereum's trust, @eigencloud allows anyone to bootstrap a decentralized network seamlessly, and run arbitrary programs that are not constrained by the limitations of the Ethereum L1 and the EVM.
This enables hyper-specialized providers of verifiable, blockchain-based infra services to serve applications at scale.
Allowing app layer devs to simply piece together APIs and pre-built components, rather than having to rebuild all the infra from scratch, is huge and a key complexity abstraction on the DevEx side to reach significant developer adoption.
Building in Web3 should be as easy as building in Web2.
@eigencloud is taking us there.
In the meantime, $EIGEN will serve as the gateway to many airdrops across the @eigencloud AVS ecosystem.
The $EIGEN token will play a key role in securing the overall system and how intersubjective faults are addressed (enabling smooth forking).
DYOR anon.
QUOTING @zerokn0wledge_
For reference, $EIGEN is currently trading at $2.9 on @aevoxyz pre-launch perps. That equals a $4.8B FDV. t.co/wi7Qxsw9Qi
For reference, $EIGEN is currently trading at $2.9 on @aevoxyz pre-launch perps. That equals a $4.8B FDV. t.co/wi7Qxsw9Qi
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