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Eigen Labs, the development force behind the EigenLayer restaking protocol, has announced a significant advancement in its mission to scale decentralized infrastructure. The company has rolled out a multichain verification feature, enabling decentralized services to operate on layer-2 networks while maintaining the robust security standards of the Ethereum mainnet. This development aims to eliminate the traditional trade-off between security and scalability for Actively Validated Services (AVS).
A Critical Milestone Achieved
Eigen Labs founder and CEO Sreeram Kannan described the new feature as a "critical milestone" in the company's roadmap. The multichain verification capability was initially launched on the Sepolia Testnet on the Base network. Kannan highlighted Base as the first partner due to its "vibrant builder ecosystem and alignment with our mission to accelerate the app layer."
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The feature allows AVS to run on layer-2 networks in addition to Ethereum.
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It aims to eliminate the choice between Ethereum's security and faster, cheaper environments.
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The goal is to scale verifiable infrastructure across multiple chains.
Multichain Vision for Decentralized Services
Kannan elaborated on EigenCloud's mission to scale verifiable infrastructure universally, which necessitates AVS meeting developers on various chains, not solely on the Ethereum mainnet. Previously, AVS had to compromise, choosing between Ethereum's security or the scalability offered by faster, more cost-effective environments. The new multichain verification system resolves this dilemma.
The system ensures that AVS deployed on other blockchains can inherit EigenLayer's pooled security. Key validator data, including stake weights, operator configurations, and slashing penalties, are automatically synchronized across all supported chains. Slashing is the mechanism used to penalize validators for malicious behavior or misconduct, while stake weights represent the amount of cryptocurrency a validator has staked.
Blockchain Networks Push Infrastructure Upgrades
This upgrade from EigenLayer arrives at a time when various blockchain networks are actively enhancing their technical capabilities. For instance, the hybrid blockchain Build on Bitcoin recently implemented a technical upgrade incorporating zero-knowledge (ZK) fraud proofs within an optimistic rollup framework, moving closer to full decentralization on the L2Beat platform. Concurrently, the Ethereum Foundation has outlined a one-year timeline for implementing zkEVM on its mainnet, signaling a shift towards replacing traditional block execution with ZK-proofs.
Sources
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Eigen Labs CEO says ‘critical milestone’ slashes scalability trade-off — TradingView News, TradingView.
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EigenLayer Brings Multichain AVS Support to L2 Networks, Cointelegraph.
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