Intro

Avail’s ecosystem is designed to offer a superior experience for both users and developers, balancing the essentials of scalability, interoperability and security without compromise. The platform’s structure is anchored in three primary layers:

  1. Data Availability (DA) Layer: A foundational layer focused exclusively on DA, forming the basis for abundantly scalable modular chains. The DA layer is a highly optimized, low-level layer, specifically constructed for data availability(opens in a new tab). This is the deepest blockchain layer, with the minimal functionality required to build cross-ecosystem interoperability on top.
    Avail DA uses validity proofs to make sure that devs don’t have to trust Avail’s claims about their data being available or not,they can verify it for themselves.
  2. Nexus Layer: Nexus is a light but powerful proof aggregation and sequencer selection zk rollup on top of Avail DA.
    Avail Nexus acts as a permissionless verification hub that will unify rollups (not just those built within the Avail ecosystem), leveraging Avail DA as the root of trust.
  3. Fusion Security Layer: Enhances the overall security of the Avail network by pooling different tokens, including established tokens and emerging tokens. Fusion will also help bring and lock more liquidity from other blockchains into the Avail ecosystem.
    This approach will progressively bolster Avail’s cryptoeconomic security and marks one of the first instances where foreign tokens like ETH and BTC are utilized to power consensus on a different blockchain.

These layers collectively aim to dissolve the market’s fragmentation, providing a unified platform for users and developers from various ecosystems.

Staking Reward Rate (APY): ~15%

Validator Commission: 10% (meaning you receive 90% of the staking rewards)

Payouts: Every 1 ERA (24 hours) – you can choose to compound, receive it in liquid form or receive it in an entirely different account.

Unbonding/unstaking period: 28 days

Bonding period: First rewards after ~1-2 ERAs