Optimistic roles remain a crucial scale solution for Layer One Blockchains, despite the recent hype on newer technologies. Industry experts, including co-founder of Cartesi Felipe Argento, emphasize the continuous dominance of optimistic rollups in the landscape of the low-two (L2).
Optimistic Rollups fundamentally for blockchain infrastructure with multiple layers
Optimistic Rollups (OR), once praised as a revolutionary scale solution for Layer One (L1) block chains, have seen their spotlight somewhat vague in recent months. According to experts from industry, however, their meaning remains of the utmost importance, with data that supports their constant dominance in the low two (L2) ecosystem.
Felipe Argento, co-founder of Cartesi, a platform that focuses on application-specific rollups, emphasizes the lasting role of ORs. “The vast majority of TVL (total value locked) on L2 solutions is still protected by optimistic roles,” says Argento. “This statistics alone shows that they remain a fundamental part of the Multi-Layer blockchain infrastructure.”
Argento’s observation corresponds to reports that show that ORs continue to maintain a large part of the L2 market share. Data drawn from sources that analyze TVL in L2 solutions, reinforces the fact that although other L2 solutions arise, that optimistic roles remain a giant in the sector.
The co-founder of Cartesi attributes the perception of fading hype to the inherent challenges of blockchain development. “Unfortunately, generating hype is much easier than writing robust, production level code, which remains a stubborn issue in our industry,” he notes. This reality means that flashy, less mature technologies can sometimes attract public attention, so that steady progress of established solutions such as ORs overshadow.
Argento, who also acts as the Cartesi Foundation adviser, it says that optimistic rollups (ORs) will remain a fundamental tool and will remain with the scaling of Ethereum. His claims are supported by a chain salysis article in which ORS and Zero knowledge (ZK) rolls are compared. According to data in the article of 10 September 2024, the total value was locked (TVL) bridged between optimistic roles and Ethereum was around $ 186.4 billion, compared to $ 20.8 billion for ZK rollups.
Similarly, data from Dune Analytics shows that although the TVL fell from optimistic roles from a highlight of August 2024 from more than $ 12 billion to around $ 6.55 billion by 10 February 2024, it was 15 times larger than that of ZK rollups. This seems consistent with the claim of Argento that ORs remain dominant, despite the losing of “mindshare of solutions that are essentially dreaming or distant promises.”
Full Onechain AI implementation remains a challenge
In the meantime, Argento claims that Cartesi technology is the only one with which Linux can perform onchain, allowing developers to use well -known programming aids for blockchain applications that are compatible with Ethereum. He told Bitcoin.com News that the technology supports two products: Cartesi Rollups, which support StateFul applications, and Cartesi -Coprocessors, which handle stateless calculation. These coprocessors unload complex tasks of Solidity Smart Contracts, Therning Efficiency and Security, and applications can mainly stay on Layer One (L1).
Turning to the budding intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and cryptocurrency, which promises to deliver groundbreaking solutions, Argento insisted on caution. He argues that the implementation of these technologies onchain can encounter considerable technical obstacles that undermine their prospects. He explained:
Running AI completely Onchain remains quite challenging from a technical perspective. Most projects experience two major problems in trying to switch from hype or story to the implementation of the real world: compatibility and scalability.
Argento’s perspective is in line with his earlier emphasis on the importance of robust code at production level about volatile stories. He argues that many projects that combine AI and Crypto are struggling to bridge the gap between theoretical concepts and practical applications.
When demanding the observed risk of L2 chains to native chains, the co-founder of Cartesi said that blockchain software development, in particular for L2 solutions, extreme caution and rigorous tests. This is wise in view of the enormous responsibility for managing financial assets.
He also emphasizes the importance of minimizing new trust assumptions, aimed at solutions that only depend on the fundamental requirement of at least one honest actor. In addition, he argues that the use of proven, “Vecht tested” Web2 software can improve security by avoiding the risks related to the reinventing of established tools.
Argento concludes that L2 solutions with careful development and a focus on minimizing additional trust requirements do not create inherent security obligations. Instead, they may be able to improve overall security by integrating robust, existing software.