Celestia, the pioneering modular blockchain community, introduced this week the deployment of its information availability answer, Blobstream, on Arbitrum Orbit. This transfer permits layer 2 (L2) and layer 3 (L3) networks constructed on the Arbitrum platform to leverage Blobstream for enhanced scalability and cost-effective operations.
Blobstream is now reside on @Arbitrum One.
Builders can quickly deploy Orbit chains with Celestia beneath on @Arbitrum One and @Base, the primary modular DA integration with *working Nitro fraud proofs* 🏎️ pic.twitter.com/8OfAOFkBat
— Celestia (@CelestiaOrg) April 2, 2024
Developed by Celestia in collaboration with Succinct, Blobstream makes use of zero-knowledge proof to authenticate blockchain info effectively. This new strategy is poised to handle the information availability challenges that many builders face whereas growing merchandise on Ethereum. These challenges usually result in elevated prices or the necessity to migrate to various layer 1 networks.
“Earlier than Celestia, throughput limitations compelled builders constructing expressive onchain functions emigrate to alt-L1s or required the overhead of recruiting a committee to deploy their very own chain,” famous Celestia in a submit on X.
In line with Celestia, L2 and L3 networks using Arbitrum Orbit can now undertake Celestia’s mild consumer for information availability sampling (DAS). This methodology permits for the validation of blockchain information availability with out the necessity to obtain the complete dataset, slicing down on storage bills and transaction charges.
Celestia claimed that the brand new strategy additionally eliminates the necessity for tasks to type an information availability committee, which was beforehand essential to retailer and provide transaction information upon request.
Previous to this deployment, Celestia had already launched Blobstream to 2 of Ethereum’s different main L2 networks, Starknet and Base, marking a constant effort to enhance the infrastructure throughout the Ethereum ecosystem.
