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Building Rollups from First Principles with the Sovereign SDK

Stephanie DunbarJun 28, 2023 ⋅ 14 min read

Key Insights

  • The Sovereign SDK is a chain-agnostic framework for rollup development, enabling the creation of applications from first principles in any ecosystem.
  • Sovereign's asynchronous transaction verification process separates rollup liveness from the proving system, enhancing execution times and user experience.
  • The Sovereign proof aggregation system enables low-cost, low-latency, and trust-minimized bridging between rollups that share a data availability layer.
  • Although being chain-agnostic can appeal to a broad audience, it may also pose a challenge in attracting a robust community of builders to connect to different blockchain ecosystems.

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Stephanie Dunbar

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Stephanie graduated with a BSc in Psychology and began her career in startup operations and consultancy. Prior to joining Messari, she specialized in crypto technical communications. She was an early member of Messari's Diligence Team with ownership over product design, project management, and research quality. She produced and oversaw professional cryptoasset due diligence reports and helped scale the team to 20+ members. On the Enterprise Research team, Stephanie is best known for her work on validator decentralization, scaling, and the modular blockchain landscape.

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Outline
  • Key Insights
  • Navigating the Sovereign SDK
  • Enabling “The Internet of Rollups”
  • Sovereign’s Positioning and Potential Challenges
  • Looking Ahead
Author
Stephanie Dunbar
Stephanie graduated with a BSc in Psychology and began her career in startup operations and consultancy. Prior to joining Messari, she specialized in crypto technical communications. She was an early member of Messari's Diligence Team with ownership over product design, project management, and research quality. She produced and oversaw professional cryptoasset due diligence reports and helped scale the team to 20+ members. On the Enterprise Research team, Stephanie is best known for her work on validator decentralization, scaling, and the modular blockchain landscape.
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