# Applications Builders

Espresso can help developers build applications that are faster, safer, and user-friendly. In fact, applications reading from Espresso RPC Node can access confirmed state almost immediately. That is,

* **Single-chain apps** users enjoy fast confirmation that their transactions won’t be reverted.
* **Cross-chain apps** can safely act on messages between chains within seconds or miliseconds, using frameworks like Hyperlane or intents-based systems.

Whether you’re building a wallet, a DeFi protocol, a cross-chain bridge, or a solver in an intents framework, Espresso confirmations reduce latency, improve user experience, and provide stronger security assumptions compared to relying on a sequencer alone.