Today we're sharing a roadmap of innovations you can expect from us in the year ahead! Including horizontal scaling, decentralized sequencing, ZK proofs, Stylus (MultiVM support), and more.
As we set course for the upcoming year, we at Offchain Labs remain steadfast in one of our core values:
Your Chain, Your Rules.
We encourage everyone building with Arbitrum to be visionaries, to stay curious, and to move forward with confidence knowing the tech just works.
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DevEx, UX, and Adoption
Today, smart contracts are written in specialized languages designed for blockchain environments.
- Stylus
Stylus allows developers to program in languages that compile to WASM, like Rust, C, and C++. Stylus will be live on Arbitrum One on September 3rd.
Decentralization
The broader ethos of blockchain technology, which values decentralization and trustlessness, is core to our team at Offchain Labs and our future development plans for Arbitrum chains.
- BoLD (H2 2024)
- Censorship Timeout (H2 2024)
- Decentralized Sequencer (likely 2025)
Interoperability and Horizontal Scaling
To unify the Arbitrum ecosystem (Arbitrum Orbit, Arbitrum One, Arbitrum Nova, and Ethereum) we're building towards frictionless interoperability between chains rooted in fast communication.
- Fast Withdrawals (Q3 2024)
- Chain Clusters (2025)
Performance and Efficiency
From the very beginning, back in 2014, Arbitrum’s design has focused on performance and efficiency. Now, we're looking to deliver the next iteration of enhancements in compute efficiency and performance with fundamental optimizations to execution.
- Multi-client Support (H1 2025)
- Adaptive Pricing (H1 2025)
Zero Knowledge Proofs
Offchain Labs is focused on scaling Ethereum with the best possible technology stack. While today it's clear that from the perspective of stability, maturity, cost, and security, Arbitrum Nitro is the best stack to scale Ethereum. Our research team has identified paths where we can incorporate productive uses of zero knowledge (ZK).
- ZK+Optimistic Hybrid Proving
At Offchain Labs we are committed to creating solutions before problems arise. We build our products for you to innovate with the assumption that your infrastructure just works.
There is a lot more on the roadmap, but we wanted to share some of the mountains you’ll start to see moving in the near term.
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