Breaking Modular Myths: What Avail Proved in Year One

The blockchain ecosystem is fragmented. Developers face impossible choices between speed, security, and cost. Users deal with complex bridges and isolated chain ecosystems. The promise of seamless cross-chain experiences seems further away than ever.

Then came Avail.

Founded in 2023 with a bold vision to become the horizontally scalable layer to connect the fragmented blockchain ecosystem, Avail has rapidly evolved from concept to cornerstone infrastructure through The Avail Stack. We set out to build the foundational infrastructure that Web3 was missing, starting with scalable and verifiable data availability. Avail DA launched as our horizontally scalable foundation, unlocking the base layer for a truly modular and connected future. We pushed the boundaries further with TurboDA for ultra-fast pre-confirmations, unveiled EnigmaDA upgrade for encrypted, regulatory-aligned privacy. We shipped native ZK verification to verify any execution environment on Avail. In addition to this, we’ve recently enabled a meta-interoperability layer that simplifies cross-chain messaging and asset movements across ecosystems. Avail Fusion is coming soon, completing the stack with our multi-asset security layer supporting ETH, ERC-20 tokens, and BTC restaking.

Avail’s World Class Infrastructure Scales Without Limits

At the heart of Avail’s success lies its foundational data availability layer, Avail DA, the first of its kind to combine KZG commitments with Data Availability Sampling, enabling light clients to verify data efficiently and securely. This isn’t just technical innovation; it combines years of learning, translated into real-world scalability breakthroughs. It’s the only DA layer live today that pairs production-ready throughput scaling with native ZK verification, ultra-fast ~250ms pre-confirmations via TurboDA, and optional encrypted data modes through EnigmaDA. Where monolithic chains hit hard limits and other DA solutions remain narrowly scoped, Avail DA unlocks a new paradigm, a horizontally scalable foundation purpose-built for developers, users, and institutions.

The numbers speak for themselves; Avail launched with 2MB blocks and has already scaled to 4MB blocks, now live on mainnet. But this is just the beginning. Benchmarks have successfully demonstrated throughput up to 128MB per block, a 32x improvement without sacrificing network security or performance. Thanks to Avail’s elastic architecture, this capacity is not just theoretical; it’s production-ready, enabling the network to dynamically scale as demand grows. The ultimate destination? 10GB blocks with a 600ms block time!

With EnigmaDA, Avail delivers one of the only encrypted DA solutions in the market. This upgrade configures encryption specifically for sensitive data, allowing institutions to leverage rollup technology without compromising on privacy or regulatory compliance requirements. This opens up massive new markets. Traditional finance, healthcare, enterprise applications; all can now leverage rollup technology while maintaining the privacy and compliance requirements their sectors demand.

At Avail, our mission has always been about creating a connected ecosystem of chains, and Avail DA was the essential foundation to make this vision possible. With the verification and scalability infrastructure now proven in production, we're deploying the Avail Nexus upgrade to realize what we set out to build from day one: a unified blockchain experience that abstracts away developer and retail complexities. This is how web3 should work!

Build Once, Scale Everywhere!

In the words of Anurag Arjun, Co-founder, Avail, “A year ago, we saw a fragmented crypto landscape where moving assets meant navigating countless barriers, complex bridges, and endless friction. Today, we’re living in the early days of what we always believed was possible: a truly connected ecosystem where your tokens flow as freely as your ideas. The timing couldn’t be more perfect. As programmable money narratives gain mainstream momentum and initiatives like the US GENIUS Act recognize stablecoins as the future of digital payments, the infrastructure we’ve been building becomes not just visionary, but essential. The future we’re building isn’t just about faster transactions or lower fees. It’s about reimagining what ownership means when every chain, every protocol, every innovation can speak to each other seamlessly through solutions like Avail Nexus, ready for the wave of mainstream adoption that's finally here. We started with data availability because we knew that's where real scalability begins. But the vision was always bigger: a world where the technology disappears, programmable money becomes ubiquitous, and the possibilities multiply across connected networks. When barriers fall between ecosystems, right as the world wakes up to crypto’s true potential, we don't just get better user experiences, we unlock the connected financial future that's now moving from inevitable to imminent. That's not just progress. That's the infrastructure money was always meant to have.”

The Nexus Effect: Real Interop, Real UX, Real Fast

Today, ‘interoperability’ means complex bridges, costly transfers, and fragmented experiences that hold back mass adoption. Developers juggle multiple bridge integrations while users endure slow, complex, expensive cross-chain transactions. Avail Nexus eliminates this complexity with one SDK that connects all chains. EVM, SVM, Cosmos, and beyond. Imagine deploying once to access every application across all blockchains. That’s the unified experience Avail is building, where cross-chain complexities become invisible. The Avail Nexus Beta upgrade is already enabling seamless transfers of assets across 11 major chains, with the SDK making it simple for developers to build truly cross-chain rollup applications with a simple front-end update.

For users, the Nexus upgrade means no more bridges, no network switching, and no confusing multi-step transactions. Assets move across chains instantly within the app - no extra wallets, no delays, no friction. Whether you’re trading, gaming, or sending tokens, the experience feels smooth, native, and chain-agnostic. That’s the Nexus effect.

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It’s the foundation of native liquidity interoperability where users and developers don’t think about individual chains; they just build and use applications that work everywhere, seamlessly.

The Numbers Don’t Lie: Avail’s Growth Journey

The market has spoken, and it's choosing the Avail Stack as the preferred platform:

$75 million in funding from leading investors including Founders Fund, Dragonfly & Cyber Fund
105 validators securing the network (doubled from launch), with a Nakamoto coefficient of 34, making it the second most resilient network in the industry behind Polkadot.
100+ partnerships across the ecosystem
600,000+ strong community growing rapidly worldwide
33 exchange listings AVAIL token with ~$10-25 million average daily trading volume
~1.7 million blocks processed since mainnet launch
~300,000 accounts active across Avail, Ethereum, Base, Sophon, BSC, and more
~500 million AVAIL bridged between networks
10+ rollups in production across multiple technology stacks including Lens, Sophon, Space and Time, Soon, Rooch, Skate, Odysphere, Up & Down, and others

And this is just the beginning.

“Celebrating one year of Avail mainnet fills me with pride and excitement for what’s next. The pipeline ahead is incredible; 50+ chains lined up for Avail integration, hundreds of dApps across multiple chains are expected to leverage Avail Nexus in TradFi, RWAs, tokenisation, and more.

I’m particularly excited about some of the technical breakthroughs we have had on the core infrastructure side, which would enable us to provide abundant scalability for the web3 ecosystem. Our deepest gratitude goes to our users, AVAIL community, partners, investors, and the broader crypto ecosystem for the continued support and feedback that drives us forward every day,” said Prabal Banerjee, Co-founder, Avail.

Partnerships Driving Rollup Adoption

Avail isn’t building in isolation. Strategic partnerships with industry leaders validate the technology and are accelerating real-world adoption:

Top layer 2s on board: Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, StarkWare, and zkSync.
Lens Protocol powering 650K+ user profiles and 40M+ transactions with Avail as its data backbone.
Sophon’s customised light client infrastructure supported their successful $60m node sale and over 12GB+ data processing.
Symbiotic is integrating Avail into its restaking protocol to strengthen cross-stack security.
15+ live partners including Lens, Sophon, Space and Time, Soon, Rooch, Skate, Odysphere, Up & Down, Eternal, Radius, Neova, Validium Network and Orbit Rollup - spanning rollups. RaaS providers, DePIN, RWA, and gaming.

Each ecosystem partnership expands Avail's reach and demonstrates real-world utility across diverse use cases.

Why This Matters for Everyone

For Rollup Developers: Launch faster, scale horizontally, and plug into a full-stack solution, with built-in DA, ZK verification, and native interoperability.
For dApp Developers: Integrate once to reach users and liquidity across 11 chains, and the hundreds of apps already deployed on them. Unlock new use cases across gaming, DeFi, SocialFi, and enterprise..
For Users: Just like Apple Pay and Google Pay eliminated the need to carry multiple cards, Avail eliminates the need to leave your app or deal with bridges. Just a Seamless in-app experience with instant cross chain asset movement. The game-changing evolution towards streamlined user journeys.
For Institutions: Enterprise-grade encrypted DA and ZK-native compliance make Avail the infrastructure layer for enterprise blockchain adoption across traditional finance, healthcare, and enterprise sectors.
For Investors: Direct exposure to the infrastructure stack powering the next generation rollups and dApps, from DA through to native interoperability, and restaking security.
For the Ecosystem: Unlocks diverse use cases across gaming, deFi, socialFi, payments, enterprise applications, and entirely new verticals that weren’t previously possible on blockchain infrastructure.

The Future Is Horizontally Scalable

We’re witnessing the transformation from limited, vertically-scaled blockchains to horizontally scalable and connected web3 infrastructure. Avail isn’t just participating in this transformation; it’s leading as the foundational layer.

Imagine if Ethereum allowed developers to integrate once and instantly access all L2s, L3s, and dApps across the entire ecosystem. Imagine if liquidity flowed freely without fragmentation, and users never had to think about which chain they’re on. Imagine if interoperability meant more than just bridges- if seamless, native experiences worked everywhere by default. This isn’t a distant dream; it’s what Avail is building today. We’re enabling web3 to deliver the simplicity and seamlessness of web2 experiences while maintaining all the benefits of decentralization. The foundation for this unified future is already live, processing real transactions, and growing every day.