Ethereum Layer 2 Arbitrum Launches Nova Chain, Links With Reddit

Key Takeaways

• Arbitrum has launched a second Ethereum Layer 2 chain called Arbitrum Nova.
• Arbitrum developer Offchain Labs has said that the new chain is optimized for low-cost and high-transaction volume use cases like gaming and social projects.
• The developer has also partnered with Reddit to onboard its community points system to Ethereum.

Share this article

The new chain, Arbitrum Nova, is optimized for cost-sensitive and high transaction volume uses like on-chain gaming and social projects.

Arbitrum Nova Goes Live

Arbitrum has launched a new gaming-optimized blockchain and partnered with Reddit to help it move its community points system to Ethereum.

The Layer 2 project’s developer Offchain Labs announced the updates in a Tuesday press release. Arbitrum Nova, as the new network is known, is now live for all end-users following a private July launch for developers. While Offchain Labs’ first chain, Arbitrum One, is designed for more common DeFi use cases, Abitrum Nova is optimized for cost-sensitive and high transaction volume scenarios. Per the press release, Arbitrum Nova is designed to become “the premier solution for Web3 gaming and social applications.” 

According to a July blog post from Offchain Labs, Arbitrum Nova is an entirely new chain, completely different from Arbitrum One. It’s built on top of the firm’s proprietary AnyTrust technology and leverages a “data availability committee” to certify and validate transaction batches before broadcasting them on Ethereum mainnet. “Rather than posting all data to the Ethereum network, the committee certifies and validates batches of transactions and only posts the certifications to Ethereum, resulting in significant cost savings for users,” Offchain Labs explained in today’s announcement. The firm claims that its AnyTrust technology delivers much stronger security guarantees than other high throughput or low-cost blockchains.

Commenting on the launch, Offchain Labs co-founder and CEO Steven Goldfeder said that the new chain marked a “major milestone” of the Arbitrum ecosystem and that its ultra-low-cost transaction fees would open entirely new possibilities for developers. “We look forward to continually optimizing and improving Nova to drive costs down even further,” he added.

Complementing the launch, Offchain Labs also announced today that it had partnered with the world’s largest online forum, Reddit, to move its community points system to Ethereum. The initiative marks the first major deployment on the Arbitrum Nova chain.

Arbitrum is one of several Layer 2 projects working to scale Ethereum. It leverages Optimistic Rollup technology to increase throughput and process transactions off the base chain. Arbitrum One launched last year and is currently the ecosystem’s leading Layer 2 network. According to L2Beat data, it holds about $2.72 billion in value locked.

Disclosure: At the time of writing, the author of this article owned ETH and several other cryptocurrencies.

Share this article

The information on or accessed through this website is obtained from independent sources we believe to be accurate and reliable, but Decentral Media, Inc. makes no representation or warranty as to the timeliness, completeness, or accuracy of any information on or accessed through this website. Decentral Media, Inc. is not an investment advisor. We do not give personalized investment advice or other financial advice. The information on this website is subject to change without notice. Some or all of the information on this website may become outdated, or it may be or become incomplete or inaccurate. We may, but are not obligated to, update any outdated, incomplete, or inaccurate information.

You should never make an investment decision on an ICO, IEO, or other investment based on the information on this website, and you should never interpret or otherwise rely on any of the information on this website as investment advice. We strongly recommend that you consult a licensed investment advisor or other qualified financial professional if you are seeking investment advice on an ICO, IEO, or other investment. We do not accept compensation in any form for analyzing or reporting on any ICO, IEO, cryptocurrency, currency, tokenized sales, securities, or commodities.

See full terms and conditions.