Achieving base layer functionality escape velocity without on-chain smart contracts, using sovereign ZK rollups

Great post and thanks for sharing !

As a builder on Celestia, I am both excited and worried about changes to the base layer. Excited, because if approached properly the whole ecosystem stands to benefit from superior base-layer functionality. Worried, because important resources like time and focus can be revealed to be misspent due to shifts in architecture. Community norms and informal policies can be helpful in directing teams to focus on the right items. I really enjoyed your post on defining Celestia’s values recently as a start to this.

This is also relevant in the context of rollup bridging, where teams such as Neutron (my own), Dymension and others have been shaping some of their roadmap around being a bridge solution for Celestia rollups. Of course we support Celestia’s development in building the world’s first (and best?) modular blockchain, but in the same breathe it is also useful to understand where the puck is going so we can collaborate as effectively as possible.

My question for you is, 5-10 years down the line what parts of bridging would you want to see happen directly on Celestia, and what parts would you want to see handled within sovereign rollup clusters ?

(also interested in hearing anyone else’s thoughts on this and not just @musalbas)

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