INTRODUCTION
Espresso is a high-performance base layer for rollups, making L2 transactions safe, fast, and seamless for users. Espresso is trusted by leading teams including Offchain Labs (Arbitrum), Polygon, ApeChain, Cartesi, RARI Chain, Celo.
L2s and rollups that use Espresso as a decentralized base layer benefit from industry-leading speed in finalizing transactions. The confirmations that Espresso provides underpin cross-chain applications that can tap into liquidity and users of all connected Espresso-chains.
Use Cases
Like any base layer or L1, Espresso can be used in a variety of ways by the L2s that leverage it. These use cases include fast finality and / or data availability. Unlike some other base layers, Espresso can be used as a standalone L1 or in tandem with another settlement layer like Ethereum.
Espresso is used by layer-2 chains to upgrade their security and UX.
● Security : Espresso is a decentralized consensus layer designed to replace reliance on vulnerable centralized components of layer-2 chains (e.g. bridge reliance on centralized sequencer preconfirmations).
● Interoperability : Espresso is designed to support near-real-time communication between its integrated chains and a diverse array of financial systems, including both traditional financial databases as well as other blockchain-based protocols and products.
● Performance : Espresso’s high-throughput system is designed with the future in mind: chains that integrate Espresso can have confidence that as demand for their blockspace expands, their costs won’t need to grow at the same rate.
Get Started
Rollup Operators
Espresso is currently integrated with the Arbitrum Nitro stack, Cartesi's Linux-based stack, and will release its OP Stack integration by the end of 2025.
Launch an Arbitrum Orbit chain with Espresso ➡️
Integrate an existing Orbit chain ➡️
App & Protocol Builders
Read from Espresso to build native cross-chain apps or gain faster, safer interoperability with Espresso-integrated chains.
Reading from the Espresso Network ➡️
Node Operators
Run nodes that power Espresso’s consensus and data availability.
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