Coinbase: Understanding the EigenLayer AVS landscape in one article
EigenLayer is an Ethereum-based protocol that introduces restaking — a new primitive for cryptoeconomic security that has become a dominant narrative in the Ethereum community.
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EigenLayer is an Ethereum-based protocol that introduces restaking — a new primitive for cryptoeconomic security that has become a dominant narrative in the Ethereum community.
EigenLayer AVS provides unlimited possibilities, and there will be more innovations in the future.
In any case, such innovation at least adds a lot of positive points to the project.
With nearly 5 million ETH staked, can EigenLayer live up to expectations after the airdrop?
With its mainnet launch now fully operational, it will be necessary to closely monitor whether EigenLayer brings the new DeFi Summer that some are looking forward to for Ethereum.
The restaking ecosystem has finally reached two important milestones: EigenLayer (and EigenDA) launched on the mainnet, and the first batch of AVS launched on the mainnet: AltLayer, Brevis, eoracle, Lagrange, Witness Chain, and Xterio.
EigenLayer has the potential to enable 100x faster innovation in technologies such as consensus mechanisms, new virtual machines, decentralized oracles, bridges and networks with specialized hardware
This article attempts to provide an in-depth look at the risks that EigenLayer has addressed, including potential pitfalls faced by the EigenLayer service and its operators, as well as the potential for systemic threats to Ethereum as a network.
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Google Cloud has joined the "EigenLayer Operator Working Group" along with more than 65 operators and independent participants.