Alexander Vinje

@VinjeAlexander

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I’m buying $ORCL & $CRWV THIS SUMMER!!!! Leopold is 10000% right about Coreweave, it’s a pureplay on the fastest growing segment in the hyperscaler’s business.

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𝗠𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗗 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗩𝗠𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘂𝗽𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀... Once upon a time, you could say I was an Ethereum maxi. I mean, undoubtedly being a part of the community has been one of the best decisions I’ve made in my life. The ethos. The culture. The innovation. The impact. It’s all there. However, if I may, the modular thesis I presently have with regards to virtual machines (known as VMs) is actually trending away from EVM, but not necessarily Ethereum... In todays post, you’ll learn the 3 key modular takeaways from @efdevconnect, what about altVMs that really excites me, and why I believe this vertical is one with tons of upside 👇 I’ll open this thesis post with a question: What if you could onboard developers from different backgrounds to build the next killer app within crypto, on rollups, using programming languages that work seamlessly, in a secure fashion within any settlement layer? A bit of a mouthful, but the underlying thesis of altVMs comes from each segment in that question. 𝗧𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀: 1⃣Modular chains are far superior to monolithic chains for a variety of reasons. Up until now, the majority (if not all) of blockchains we’ve interacted with are monolithic. The important functions of execution, settlement, and data availability/consensus occur under the same 'roof' so to speak. With modular blockchains, as seen at Modular Day 2023 by @CelestiaOrg and @Hyperlane_xyz, this design is changing for the better. Not only did Celestia just launch their data availability (DA) layer, but other DA solutions such as @AvailProject, @NEARProtocol, and @eigencloud are reaching mainnet imminently. Why is this important? Moving away from Ethereum as the DA layer for rollups provides insanely cheaper txs. When I asked @ilblackdragon about this during @epicweb3 ETH Infra day, he made a point to ensure this was echoed. 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘋𝘈 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵. The UX which results from this is something to get excited about. 2⃣Solidity is not the ideal programming language for developers. The reality is there are thousands of developers who have never heard of solidity. There are thousands of separate developers who know multiple languages, but not solidity. I can go on and on, but my point here is: If we, as a community, want to onboard tons of new developers to really reach the tipping point for adoption & innovation, we need alternatives. Rust, Go, Move, Javascript, Python, Linux and more are some which come to mind where there is a large developer base of builders who can definitely be recruited. In fact, I half-jokingly recall suggesting @cartesiproject to figure out how to get into university blockchain circles and tap into those clubs and developer communities to recruit them into building atop Cartesi. “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨” 3⃣EVM is effective, but other virtual machine infrastructures have distinct advantages which allows for greater flexibility, security, and thus, innovation. This last part may cause a bit of pushback from the community, but its an issue we have to face head on… Security in DeFi using solidity based smart contracts has been exploited to absolute shreds. We’ve seen tons of hacks, attacks, and exploits due to poorly written code, lack of proper auditing, and smart contracts with tons of bugs. One cannot blame the EVM for this, but one can inquire what different VMs have to offer from a security and simplicity perspective. You see, the EVM is relatively new in terms of infra. While it comes with a host of tooling for developers, it’s actually somewhat limited in its capabilities and has some pitfalls (and many benefits too!!). Alternative VMs, or altVMs, offer a more battle tested, lindy toolkit of developer resources. They often come with tons of pre-written codebases and frameworks to build atop of. Instead diving too deep into the weeds and writing in the abstract, I’ll present you with an altVM which I’m quite bullish on and have had the pleasure to work with first hand. That project is @movementlabsxyz, who is building MoveVM, a VM based on the code created by Facebook when they were planning to launch their token. At the core of Movement Labs' is the M1, a community-first L1 partnering with @avax. M1 enables builders to natively tap into big dApps like @BenqiFinance and @GMX_IO, other subnets, and protocols through Avalanche Warp Messaging. It's not just about high transaction speeds, it's about providing instant finality, native access to mass liquidity, and modular customizations that cater to the needs of builders. Move protocols can expect to have interoperability and tap into the liquidity of traditionally-EVM protocols. Movement’s formal verification system audits and maintains secure smart contract execution across distributed environments, while living within a native Ethereum ecosystem. 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵, 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘝𝘔 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘌𝘝𝘔. Last week, @movementlabsxyz, announced a collaboration with @CelestiaOrg, a pioneer in the modular blockchain world. This partnership aims to help builders launch Move-based L2s within the Ethereum Ecosystem, pairing Ethereum's liquidity and interoperability with Move-Based Blockchains using Celestia for DA, as seen below. The M2 mainnet is setup to be become the first Ethereum L2 which integrates Celestia for Data Availability, Snowman for Shared Sequencing, and the Move Virtual Machine for execution. 𝘐𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳, 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘴. The collaboration between Movement and Celestia enables builders to launch secure, performant, and scalable modular blockchains leveraging an open framework for Move development. Today, Movement announced another partnership with @AvailProject to use their DA layer for move based rollups. The benefits of taking DA off-chain with Avail, while utilizing an altVM like @movementlabsxyz is a no brainer: Movement brings their M1, with a decentralized sequncer along with Move based rollups and a burgeoning, compatible ecosystem for Avail to be utilized. Avail helps to decrease costs significantly and increases throughput for Move based rollups by moving DA offchain and bringing a solid ecosystem and partners to the MoveVM ecosystem. Win-win. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗨𝗫 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹. Beyond the Move Stack and M2 Rollups, the Movement SDK also supports Fractal, a feature that enables Solidity applications to tap into Move's performance and security benefits without needing to write Move code. Moreover, developers can employ Movement validators within the Snowman consensus framework to link their rollups to the shared sequencing network. The Movement SDK addresses annoying UX fragmentations by streamlining the management of multi-chain deployments, offering a cohesive experience for both developers and users. Ethereum applications aiming to boost their performance and security for upcoming adoption waves will find Fractal an invaluable tool to access the Move Stack and its advantages without departing from their native network. This is what I mean by the trend is shifting away from EVM, but not necessarily Ethereum. While M1 is built with Ava Labs, the idea is that altVMs can be plugged into any rollup and use Ethereum as the settlement layer. Using Etheruem for DA and execution isn't the path forward for the modular blockchain community. 𝗧𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀: AltVMs will have their hayday in 2024-2025 because of the ease of developer onboarding, prioritization of modularity, and ability to unlock extreme UX improvements. While I still believe in the EVM, I surely do not believe in the sustainability of monolithic chains in crypto. Modularity is here to stay. There will be many, many developments in this space with tons of tokenless protocols, new partnerships, improved execution environments, and the influx of new developments. All of this, underpinning the motto every great builder should embody: 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮. 🧱

andyyy's tweet photo. 𝗠𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗗 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗩𝗠𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘂𝗽𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀...

Once upon a time, you could say I was an Ethereum maxi.

I mean, undoubtedly being a part of the community has been one of the best decisions I’ve made in my life.

The ethos. The culture. The innovation. The impact.

It’s all there.

However, if I may, the modular thesis I presently have with regards to virtual machines (known as VMs) is actually trending away from EVM, but not necessarily Ethereum...

In todays post, you’ll learn the 3 key modular takeaways from @efdevconnect, what about altVMs that really excites me, and why I believe this vertical is one with tons of upside 👇

I’ll open this thesis post with a question:

What if you could onboard developers from different backgrounds to build the next killer app within crypto, on rollups, using programming languages that work seamlessly, in a secure fashion within any settlement layer?

A bit of a mouthful, but the underlying thesis of altVMs comes from each segment in that question.

𝗧𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀:

1⃣Modular chains are far superior to monolithic chains for a variety of reasons.

Up until now, the majority (if not all) of blockchains we’ve interacted with are monolithic. The important functions of execution, settlement, and data availability/consensus occur under the same 'roof' so to speak.

With modular blockchains, as seen at Modular Day 2023 by @CelestiaOrg and @Hyperlane_xyz, this design is changing for the better.

Not only did Celestia just launch their data availability (DA) layer, but other DA solutions such as @AvailProject, @NEARProtocol, and @eigencloud are reaching mainnet imminently.

Why is this important?

Moving away from Ethereum as the DA layer for rollups provides insanely cheaper txs. When I asked @ilblackdragon about this during @epicweb3 ETH Infra day, he made a point to ensure this was echoed.

𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘋𝘈 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵.

The UX which results from this is something to get excited about.

2⃣Solidity is not the ideal programming language for developers.

The reality is there are thousands of developers who have never heard of solidity. There are thousands of separate developers who know multiple languages, but not solidity.

I can go on and on, but my point here is:

If we, as a community, want to onboard tons of new developers to really reach the tipping point for adoption & innovation, we need alternatives.

Rust, Go, Move, Javascript, Python, Linux and more are some which come to mind where there is a large developer base of builders who can definitely be recruited.

In fact, I half-jokingly recall suggesting @cartesiproject to figure out how to get into university blockchain circles and tap into those clubs and developer communities to recruit them into building atop Cartesi.

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨”

3⃣EVM is effective, but other virtual machine infrastructures have distinct advantages which allows for greater flexibility, security, and thus, innovation.

This last part may cause a bit of pushback from the community, but its an issue we have to face head on…

Security in DeFi using solidity based smart contracts has been exploited to absolute shreds.

We’ve seen tons of hacks, attacks, and exploits due to poorly written code, lack of proper auditing, and smart contracts with tons of bugs.

One cannot blame the EVM for this, but one can inquire what different VMs have to offer from a security and simplicity perspective.

You see, the EVM is relatively new in terms of infra. While it comes with a host of tooling for developers, it’s actually somewhat limited in its capabilities and has some pitfalls (and many benefits too!!).

Alternative VMs, or altVMs, offer a more battle tested, lindy toolkit of developer resources. They often come with tons of pre-written codebases and frameworks to build atop of.

Instead diving too deep into the weeds and writing in the abstract, I’ll present you with an altVM which I’m quite bullish on and have had the pleasure to work with first hand.

That project is @movementlabsxyz, who is building MoveVM, a VM based on the code created by Facebook when they were planning to launch their token.

At the core of Movement Labs' is the M1, a community-first L1 partnering with @avax.

M1 enables builders to natively tap into big dApps like @BenqiFinance and @GMX_IO, other subnets, and protocols through Avalanche Warp Messaging.

It's not just about high transaction speeds, it's about providing instant finality, native access to mass liquidity, and modular customizations that cater to the needs of builders.

Move protocols can expect to have interoperability and tap into the liquidity of traditionally-EVM protocols.

Movement’s formal verification system audits and maintains secure smart contract execution across distributed environments, while living within a native Ethereum ecosystem.

𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵, 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘝𝘔 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘌𝘝𝘔.

Last week, @movementlabsxyz, announced a collaboration with @CelestiaOrg, a pioneer in the modular blockchain world.

This partnership aims to help builders launch Move-based L2s within the Ethereum Ecosystem, pairing Ethereum's liquidity and interoperability with Move-Based Blockchains using Celestia for DA, as seen below.

The M2 mainnet is setup to be become the first Ethereum L2 which integrates Celestia for Data Availability, Snowman for Shared Sequencing, and the Move Virtual Machine for execution.

𝘐𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳, 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘴.

The collaboration between Movement and Celestia enables builders to launch secure, performant, and scalable modular blockchains leveraging an open framework for Move development.

Today, Movement announced another partnership with @AvailProject to use their DA layer for move based rollups.

The benefits of taking DA off-chain with Avail, while utilizing an altVM like @movementlabsxyz is a no brainer:

Movement brings their M1, with a decentralized sequncer along with Move based rollups and a burgeoning, compatible ecosystem for Avail to be utilized.

Avail helps to decrease costs significantly and increases throughput for Move based rollups by moving DA offchain and bringing a solid ecosystem and partners to the MoveVM ecosystem.

Win-win.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗨𝗫 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹.

Beyond the Move Stack and M2 Rollups, the Movement SDK also supports Fractal, a feature that enables Solidity applications to tap into Move's performance and security benefits without needing to write Move code.

Moreover, developers can employ Movement validators within the Snowman consensus framework to link their rollups to the shared sequencing network.

The Movement SDK addresses annoying UX fragmentations by streamlining the management of multi-chain deployments, offering a cohesive experience for both developers and users.

Ethereum applications aiming to boost their performance and security for upcoming adoption waves will find Fractal an invaluable tool to access the Move Stack and its advantages without departing from their native network.

This is what I mean by the trend is shifting away from EVM, but not necessarily Ethereum.

While M1 is built with Ava Labs, the idea is that altVMs can be plugged into any rollup and use Ethereum as the settlement layer.

Using Etheruem for DA and execution isn't the path forward for the modular blockchain community.

𝗧𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀:

AltVMs will have their hayday in 2024-2025 because of the ease of developer onboarding, prioritization of modularity, and ability to unlock extreme UX improvements.

While I still believe in the EVM, I surely do not believe in the sustainability of monolithic chains in crypto.

Modularity is here to stay.

There will be many, many developments in this space with tons of tokenless protocols, new partnerships, improved execution environments, and the influx of new developments.

All of this, underpinning the motto every great builder should embody:

𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮. 🧱

andyyy's tweet photo. 𝗠𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗗 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗩𝗠𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘂𝗽𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀...

Once upon a time, you could say I was an Ethereum maxi.

I mean, undoubtedly being a part of the community has been one of the best decisions I’ve made in my life.

The ethos. The culture. The innovation. The impact.

It’s all there.

However, if I may, the modular thesis I presently have with regards to virtual machines (known as VMs) is actually trending away from EVM, but not necessarily Ethereum...

In todays post, you’ll learn the 3 key modular takeaways from @efdevconnect, what about altVMs that really excites me, and why I believe this vertical is one with tons of upside 👇

I’ll open this thesis post with a question:

What if you could onboard developers from different backgrounds to build the next killer app within crypto, on rollups, using programming languages that work seamlessly, in a secure fashion within any settlement layer?

A bit of a mouthful, but the underlying thesis of altVMs comes from each segment in that question.

𝗧𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀:

1⃣Modular chains are far superior to monolithic chains for a variety of reasons.

Up until now, the majority (if not all) of blockchains we’ve interacted with are monolithic. The important functions of execution, settlement, and data availability/consensus occur under the same 'roof' so to speak.

With modular blockchains, as seen at Modular Day 2023 by @CelestiaOrg and @Hyperlane_xyz, this design is changing for the better.

Not only did Celestia just launch their data availability (DA) layer, but other DA solutions such as @AvailProject, @NEARProtocol, and @eigencloud are reaching mainnet imminently.

Why is this important?

Moving away from Ethereum as the DA layer for rollups provides insanely cheaper txs. When I asked @ilblackdragon about this during @epicweb3 ETH Infra day, he made a point to ensure this was echoed.

𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘋𝘈 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵.

The UX which results from this is something to get excited about.

2⃣Solidity is not the ideal programming language for developers.

The reality is there are thousands of developers who have never heard of solidity. There are thousands of separate developers who know multiple languages, but not solidity.

I can go on and on, but my point here is:

If we, as a community, want to onboard tons of new developers to really reach the tipping point for adoption & innovation, we need alternatives.

Rust, Go, Move, Javascript, Python, Linux and more are some which come to mind where there is a large developer base of builders who can definitely be recruited.

In fact, I half-jokingly recall suggesting @cartesiproject to figure out how to get into university blockchain circles and tap into those clubs and developer communities to recruit them into building atop Cartesi.

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨”

3⃣EVM is effective, but other virtual machine infrastructures have distinct advantages which allows for greater flexibility, security, and thus, innovation.

This last part may cause a bit of pushback from the community, but its an issue we have to face head on…

Security in DeFi using solidity based smart contracts has been exploited to absolute shreds.

We’ve seen tons of hacks, attacks, and exploits due to poorly written code, lack of proper auditing, and smart contracts with tons of bugs.

One cannot blame the EVM for this, but one can inquire what different VMs have to offer from a security and simplicity perspective.

You see, the EVM is relatively new in terms of infra. While it comes with a host of tooling for developers, it’s actually somewhat limited in its capabilities and has some pitfalls (and many benefits too!!).

Alternative VMs, or altVMs, offer a more battle tested, lindy toolkit of developer resources. They often come with tons of pre-written codebases and frameworks to build atop of.

Instead diving too deep into the weeds and writing in the abstract, I’ll present you with an altVM which I’m quite bullish on and have had the pleasure to work with first hand.

That project is @movementlabsxyz, who is building MoveVM, a VM based on the code created by Facebook when they were planning to launch their token.

At the core of Movement Labs' is the M1, a community-first L1 partnering with @avax.

M1 enables builders to natively tap into big dApps like @BenqiFinance and @GMX_IO, other subnets, and protocols through Avalanche Warp Messaging.

It's not just about high transaction speeds, it's about providing instant finality, native access to mass liquidity, and modular customizations that cater to the needs of builders.

Move protocols can expect to have interoperability and tap into the liquidity of traditionally-EVM protocols.

Movement’s formal verification system audits and maintains secure smart contract execution across distributed environments, while living within a native Ethereum ecosystem.

𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵, 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘝𝘔 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘌𝘝𝘔.

Last week, @movementlabsxyz, announced a collaboration with @CelestiaOrg, a pioneer in the modular blockchain world.

This partnership aims to help builders launch Move-based L2s within the Ethereum Ecosystem, pairing Ethereum's liquidity and interoperability with Move-Based Blockchains using Celestia for DA, as seen below.

The M2 mainnet is setup to be become the first Ethereum L2 which integrates Celestia for Data Availability, Snowman for Shared Sequencing, and the Move Virtual Machine for execution.

𝘐𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳, 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘴.

The collaboration between Movement and Celestia enables builders to launch secure, performant, and scalable modular blockchains leveraging an open framework for Move development.

Today, Movement announced another partnership with @AvailProject to use their DA layer for move based rollups.

The benefits of taking DA off-chain with Avail, while utilizing an altVM like @movementlabsxyz is a no brainer:

Movement brings their M1, with a decentralized sequncer along with Move based rollups and a burgeoning, compatible ecosystem for Avail to be utilized.

Avail helps to decrease costs significantly and increases throughput for Move based rollups by moving DA offchain and bringing a solid ecosystem and partners to the MoveVM ecosystem.

Win-win.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗨𝗫 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹.

Beyond the Move Stack and M2 Rollups, the Movement SDK also supports Fractal, a feature that enables Solidity applications to tap into Move's performance and security benefits without needing to write Move code.

Moreover, developers can employ Movement validators within the Snowman consensus framework to link their rollups to the shared sequencing network.

The Movement SDK addresses annoying UX fragmentations by streamlining the management of multi-chain deployments, offering a cohesive experience for both developers and users.

Ethereum applications aiming to boost their performance and security for upcoming adoption waves will find Fractal an invaluable tool to access the Move Stack and its advantages without departing from their native network.

This is what I mean by the trend is shifting away from EVM, but not necessarily Ethereum.

While M1 is built with Ava Labs, the idea is that altVMs can be plugged into any rollup and use Ethereum as the settlement layer.

Using Etheruem for DA and execution isn't the path forward for the modular blockchain community.

𝗧𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀:

AltVMs will have their hayday in 2024-2025 because of the ease of developer onboarding, prioritization of modularity, and ability to unlock extreme UX improvements.

While I still believe in the EVM, I surely do not believe in the sustainability of monolithic chains in crypto.

Modularity is here to stay.

There will be many, many developments in this space with tons of tokenless protocols, new partnerships, improved execution environments, and the influx of new developments.

All of this, underpinning the motto every great builder should embody:

𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮. 🧱

andyyy's tweet photo. 𝗠𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗗 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗩𝗠𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘂𝗽𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀...

Once upon a time, you could say I was an Ethereum maxi.

I mean, undoubtedly being a part of the community has been one of the best decisions I’ve made in my life.

The ethos. The culture. The innovation. The impact.

It’s all there.

However, if I may, the modular thesis I presently have with regards to virtual machines (known as VMs) is actually trending away from EVM, but not necessarily Ethereum...

In todays post, you’ll learn the 3 key modular takeaways from @efdevconnect, what about altVMs that really excites me, and why I believe this vertical is one with tons of upside 👇

I’ll open this thesis post with a question:

What if you could onboard developers from different backgrounds to build the next killer app within crypto, on rollups, using programming languages that work seamlessly, in a secure fashion within any settlement layer?

A bit of a mouthful, but the underlying thesis of altVMs comes from each segment in that question.

𝗧𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀:

1⃣Modular chains are far superior to monolithic chains for a variety of reasons.

Up until now, the majority (if not all) of blockchains we’ve interacted with are monolithic. The important functions of execution, settlement, and data availability/consensus occur under the same 'roof' so to speak.

With modular blockchains, as seen at Modular Day 2023 by @CelestiaOrg and @Hyperlane_xyz, this design is changing for the better.

Not only did Celestia just launch their data availability (DA) layer, but other DA solutions such as @AvailProject, @NEARProtocol, and @eigencloud are reaching mainnet imminently.

Why is this important?

Moving away from Ethereum as the DA layer for rollups provides insanely cheaper txs. When I asked @ilblackdragon about this during @epicweb3 ETH Infra day, he made a point to ensure this was echoed.

𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘋𝘈 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵.

The UX which results from this is something to get excited about.

2⃣Solidity is not the ideal programming language for developers.

The reality is there are thousands of developers who have never heard of solidity. There are thousands of separate developers who know multiple languages, but not solidity.

I can go on and on, but my point here is:

If we, as a community, want to onboard tons of new developers to really reach the tipping point for adoption & innovation, we need alternatives.

Rust, Go, Move, Javascript, Python, Linux and more are some which come to mind where there is a large developer base of builders who can definitely be recruited.

In fact, I half-jokingly recall suggesting @cartesiproject to figure out how to get into university blockchain circles and tap into those clubs and developer communities to recruit them into building atop Cartesi.

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨”

3⃣EVM is effective, but other virtual machine infrastructures have distinct advantages which allows for greater flexibility, security, and thus, innovation.

This last part may cause a bit of pushback from the community, but its an issue we have to face head on…

Security in DeFi using solidity based smart contracts has been exploited to absolute shreds.

We’ve seen tons of hacks, attacks, and exploits due to poorly written code, lack of proper auditing, and smart contracts with tons of bugs.

One cannot blame the EVM for this, but one can inquire what different VMs have to offer from a security and simplicity perspective.

You see, the EVM is relatively new in terms of infra. While it comes with a host of tooling for developers, it’s actually somewhat limited in its capabilities and has some pitfalls (and many benefits too!!).

Alternative VMs, or altVMs, offer a more battle tested, lindy toolkit of developer resources. They often come with tons of pre-written codebases and frameworks to build atop of.

Instead diving too deep into the weeds and writing in the abstract, I’ll present you with an altVM which I’m quite bullish on and have had the pleasure to work with first hand.

That project is @movementlabsxyz, who is building MoveVM, a VM based on the code created by Facebook when they were planning to launch their token.

At the core of Movement Labs' is the M1, a community-first L1 partnering with @avax.

M1 enables builders to natively tap into big dApps like @BenqiFinance and @GMX_IO, other subnets, and protocols through Avalanche Warp Messaging.

It's not just about high transaction speeds, it's about providing instant finality, native access to mass liquidity, and modular customizations that cater to the needs of builders.

Move protocols can expect to have interoperability and tap into the liquidity of traditionally-EVM protocols.

Movement’s formal verification system audits and maintains secure smart contract execution across distributed environments, while living within a native Ethereum ecosystem.

𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵, 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘝𝘔 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘌𝘝𝘔.

Last week, @movementlabsxyz, announced a collaboration with @CelestiaOrg, a pioneer in the modular blockchain world.

This partnership aims to help builders launch Move-based L2s within the Ethereum Ecosystem, pairing Ethereum's liquidity and interoperability with Move-Based Blockchains using Celestia for DA, as seen below.

The M2 mainnet is setup to be become the first Ethereum L2 which integrates Celestia for Data Availability, Snowman for Shared Sequencing, and the Move Virtual Machine for execution.

𝘐𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳, 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘴.

The collaboration between Movement and Celestia enables builders to launch secure, performant, and scalable modular blockchains leveraging an open framework for Move development.

Today, Movement announced another partnership with @AvailProject to use their DA layer for move based rollups.

The benefits of taking DA off-chain with Avail, while utilizing an altVM like @movementlabsxyz is a no brainer:

Movement brings their M1, with a decentralized sequncer along with Move based rollups and a burgeoning, compatible ecosystem for Avail to be utilized.

Avail helps to decrease costs significantly and increases throughput for Move based rollups by moving DA offchain and bringing a solid ecosystem and partners to the MoveVM ecosystem.

Win-win.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗨𝗫 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹.

Beyond the Move Stack and M2 Rollups, the Movement SDK also supports Fractal, a feature that enables Solidity applications to tap into Move's performance and security benefits without needing to write Move code.

Moreover, developers can employ Movement validators within the Snowman consensus framework to link their rollups to the shared sequencing network.

The Movement SDK addresses annoying UX fragmentations by streamlining the management of multi-chain deployments, offering a cohesive experience for both developers and users.

Ethereum applications aiming to boost their performance and security for upcoming adoption waves will find Fractal an invaluable tool to access the Move Stack and its advantages without departing from their native network.

This is what I mean by the trend is shifting away from EVM, but not necessarily Ethereum.

While M1 is built with Ava Labs, the idea is that altVMs can be plugged into any rollup and use Ethereum as the settlement layer.

Using Etheruem for DA and execution isn't the path forward for the modular blockchain community.

𝗧𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀:

AltVMs will have their hayday in 2024-2025 because of the ease of developer onboarding, prioritization of modularity, and ability to unlock extreme UX improvements.

While I still believe in the EVM, I surely do not believe in the sustainability of monolithic chains in crypto.

Modularity is here to stay.

There will be many, many developments in this space with tons of tokenless protocols, new partnerships, improved execution environments, and the influx of new developments.

All of this, underpinning the motto every great builder should embody:

𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮. 🧱

andyyy's tweet photo. 𝗠𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗗 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗩𝗠𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘂𝗽𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀...

Once upon a time, you could say I was an Ethereum maxi.

I mean, undoubtedly being a part of the community has been one of the best decisions I’ve made in my life.

The ethos. The culture. The innovation. The impact.

It’s all there.

However, if I may, the modular thesis I presently have with regards to virtual machines (known as VMs) is actually trending away from EVM, but not necessarily Ethereum...

In todays post, you’ll learn the 3 key modular takeaways from @efdevconnect, what about altVMs that really excites me, and why I believe this vertical is one with tons of upside 👇

I’ll open this thesis post with a question:

What if you could onboard developers from different backgrounds to build the next killer app within crypto, on rollups, using programming languages that work seamlessly, in a secure fashion within any settlement layer?

A bit of a mouthful, but the underlying thesis of altVMs comes from each segment in that question.

𝗧𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀:

1⃣Modular chains are far superior to monolithic chains for a variety of reasons.

Up until now, the majority (if not all) of blockchains we’ve interacted with are monolithic. The important functions of execution, settlement, and data availability/consensus occur under the same 'roof' so to speak.

With modular blockchains, as seen at Modular Day 2023 by @CelestiaOrg and @Hyperlane_xyz, this design is changing for the better.

Not only did Celestia just launch their data availability (DA) layer, but other DA solutions such as @AvailProject, @NEARProtocol, and @eigencloud are reaching mainnet imminently.

Why is this important?

Moving away from Ethereum as the DA layer for rollups provides insanely cheaper txs. When I asked @ilblackdragon about this during @epicweb3 ETH Infra day, he made a point to ensure this was echoed.

𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘋𝘈 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵.

The UX which results from this is something to get excited about.

2⃣Solidity is not the ideal programming language for developers.

The reality is there are thousands of developers who have never heard of solidity. There are thousands of separate developers who know multiple languages, but not solidity.

I can go on and on, but my point here is:

If we, as a community, want to onboard tons of new developers to really reach the tipping point for adoption & innovation, we need alternatives.

Rust, Go, Move, Javascript, Python, Linux and more are some which come to mind where there is a large developer base of builders who can definitely be recruited.

In fact, I half-jokingly recall suggesting @cartesiproject to figure out how to get into university blockchain circles and tap into those clubs and developer communities to recruit them into building atop Cartesi.

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨”

3⃣EVM is effective, but other virtual machine infrastructures have distinct advantages which allows for greater flexibility, security, and thus, innovation.

This last part may cause a bit of pushback from the community, but its an issue we have to face head on…

Security in DeFi using solidity based smart contracts has been exploited to absolute shreds.

We’ve seen tons of hacks, attacks, and exploits due to poorly written code, lack of proper auditing, and smart contracts with tons of bugs.

One cannot blame the EVM for this, but one can inquire what different VMs have to offer from a security and simplicity perspective.

You see, the EVM is relatively new in terms of infra. While it comes with a host of tooling for developers, it’s actually somewhat limited in its capabilities and has some pitfalls (and many benefits too!!).

Alternative VMs, or altVMs, offer a more battle tested, lindy toolkit of developer resources. They often come with tons of pre-written codebases and frameworks to build atop of.

Instead diving too deep into the weeds and writing in the abstract, I’ll present you with an altVM which I’m quite bullish on and have had the pleasure to work with first hand.

That project is @movementlabsxyz, who is building MoveVM, a VM based on the code created by Facebook when they were planning to launch their token.

At the core of Movement Labs' is the M1, a community-first L1 partnering with @avax.

M1 enables builders to natively tap into big dApps like @BenqiFinance and @GMX_IO, other subnets, and protocols through Avalanche Warp Messaging.

It's not just about high transaction speeds, it's about providing instant finality, native access to mass liquidity, and modular customizations that cater to the needs of builders.

Move protocols can expect to have interoperability and tap into the liquidity of traditionally-EVM protocols.

Movement’s formal verification system audits and maintains secure smart contract execution across distributed environments, while living within a native Ethereum ecosystem.

𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵, 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘝𝘔 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘌𝘝𝘔.

Last week, @movementlabsxyz, announced a collaboration with @CelestiaOrg, a pioneer in the modular blockchain world.

This partnership aims to help builders launch Move-based L2s within the Ethereum Ecosystem, pairing Ethereum's liquidity and interoperability with Move-Based Blockchains using Celestia for DA, as seen below.

The M2 mainnet is setup to be become the first Ethereum L2 which integrates Celestia for Data Availability, Snowman for Shared Sequencing, and the Move Virtual Machine for execution.

𝘐𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳, 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘴.

The collaboration between Movement and Celestia enables builders to launch secure, performant, and scalable modular blockchains leveraging an open framework for Move development.

Today, Movement announced another partnership with @AvailProject to use their DA layer for move based rollups.

The benefits of taking DA off-chain with Avail, while utilizing an altVM like @movementlabsxyz is a no brainer:

Movement brings their M1, with a decentralized sequncer along with Move based rollups and a burgeoning, compatible ecosystem for Avail to be utilized.

Avail helps to decrease costs significantly and increases throughput for Move based rollups by moving DA offchain and bringing a solid ecosystem and partners to the MoveVM ecosystem.

Win-win.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗨𝗫 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹.

Beyond the Move Stack and M2 Rollups, the Movement SDK also supports Fractal, a feature that enables Solidity applications to tap into Move's performance and security benefits without needing to write Move code.

Moreover, developers can employ Movement validators within the Snowman consensus framework to link their rollups to the shared sequencing network.

The Movement SDK addresses annoying UX fragmentations by streamlining the management of multi-chain deployments, offering a cohesive experience for both developers and users.

Ethereum applications aiming to boost their performance and security for upcoming adoption waves will find Fractal an invaluable tool to access the Move Stack and its advantages without departing from their native network.

This is what I mean by the trend is shifting away from EVM, but not necessarily Ethereum.

While M1 is built with Ava Labs, the idea is that altVMs can be plugged into any rollup and use Ethereum as the settlement layer.

Using Etheruem for DA and execution isn't the path forward for the modular blockchain community.

𝗧𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀:

AltVMs will have their hayday in 2024-2025 because of the ease of developer onboarding, prioritization of modularity, and ability to unlock extreme UX improvements.

While I still believe in the EVM, I surely do not believe in the sustainability of monolithic chains in crypto.

Modularity is here to stay.

There will be many, many developments in this space with tons of tokenless protocols, new partnerships, improved execution environments, and the influx of new developments.

All of this, underpinning the motto every great builder should embody:

𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮. 🧱

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