FAQs

General Questions

What is EtherScale?

EtherScale is a chain-agnostic platform that offers Rollup as a Service (RaaS), allowing developers to deploy customized decentralized rollups with integrated security, scalability, and efficiency. It leverages advanced infrastructures like AVS (Actively Validated Services) and supports multiple rollup frameworks.

What are the main products offered by EtherScale?

EtherScale provides three main products:

• RaaS (Rollup as a Service): Customizable rollup deployments on various ecosystems.

• ScaleApps: A tool to create decentralized DAppchains.

• SecureOps: A no-code, one-click solution to become an AVS operator.

How does EtherScale ensure security?

EtherScale integrates EigenLayer’s AVS, where operators secure different layers of the ecosystem. These operators are restakers, meaning they stake assets and are slashed if they act maliciously, ensuring economic security and decentralization.

Technical Questions

What is AVS (Actively Validated Services)?

AVS is a system where validators restake their assets to secure various services, such as sequencers and provers. This ensures that only honest and efficient operators are part of the network, providing enhanced security for transactions and operations.

What is SecureOps, and how does it work?

SecureOps is a no-code, one-click deployment tool for becoming an AVS operator. It simplifies the process of securing decentralized ecosystems by distributing operator control across multiple validators. This enhances security by reducing single points of failure and ensuring decentralized trust in various layers like data availability, sequencers, provers, and oracles

How are ScaleApps secured using AVS?

ScaleApps are secured through AVS (Actively Validated Services) integrated into EtherScale’s platform. The AVS ensures decentralized security through restakers who act as validators. These validators stake assets and are penalized for malicious behavior, providing cryptoeconomic security to the applications.

Can EtherScale integrate with different rollup frameworks?

Yes, EtherScale supports multiple rollup frameworks such as Arbitrum Orbit, ZK Sync, Optimism, Polygon CDK, Tezos, and MoveVM. It allows customization of components like sequencers, data availability layers, and virtual machines.

How does EtherScale’s chain-agnostic design work?

EtherScale’s chain-agnostic design allows it to operate seamlessly across various blockchain protocols, enabling ScaleApps to leverage the unique strengths of different blockchains and reducing dependency on any single platform.

What makes EtherScale decentralized?

EtherScale emphasizes decentralization by using decentralized sequencers and provers, distributing control across multiple validators. This reduces single points of failure and enhances the overall security of the network. Features and Services

What is the role of decentralized sequencers in EtherScale?

Decentralized sequencers handle the ordering of transactions, ensuring that no single entity can manipulate the transaction order. This reduces the risk of censorship and enhances security.

How do decentralized provers work in EtherScale?

Decentralized provers validate state transitions and computations off-chain, ensuring the correctness of transactions before they are finalized on-chain. This allows for more transactions to be processed off-chain, increasing scalability. Q9: What is the Cross-Rollup Messaging service?

How does EtherScale handle data availability?

EtherScale ensures data availability through a decentralized approach, where transaction data is stored and accessible across multiple nodes. This maintains transparency, reliability, and security.

Usage and Integration

What are the benefits of using EtherScale for my DApp?

Benefits include enhanced security through AVS, reduced transaction costs, increased scalability, flexibility to operate across different blockchains, and access to a robust ecosystem of services and tools.

How can I get support if I encounter issues?

EtherScale provides robust technical support and community engagement resources. Developers can access support through the GitBook, community forums, and direct support channels.

How can I deploy a rollup on EtherScale?

To deploy a rollup, users can utilize EtherScale’s RaaS (Rollup as a Service) framework. The process allows for customization based on your preferences for sequencers, data availability, and virtual machines. You can even choose the settlement chain, such as Base, Ethereum, or other chains.

How do I become an AVS operator using SecureOps?

With SecureOps, becoming an AVS operator is as simple as clicking a button. You don’t need coding skills or advanced technical knowledge to participate. SecureOps provides all the necessary infrastructure for you to secure DAppchains and other decentralized services.