Entering the Cross-Chain Era
summary
A production interoperability layer called Espresso is live on mainnet for over a year, securing hundreds of millions in transactions across rollups like Cello and Apech Chain and integrating with Hyperlane today; a permissionless proof‑of‑stake launch is planned next month. A bridgeless NFT minting product (Presto) will hit mainnet and wallets in about two weeks, using espresso confirmations for 2‑second finality (targeting sub‑second) and relayed via caffeinated nodes; ecosystem growth shows 156 projects, 90 new rollups.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Cross-chain era intro
- 1:08Siloed financial systems problem
- 3:12Blockchain generations evolution
- 5:17Espresso for interoperability
- 7:25Espresso as L1 standalone
- 8:48Future of apps is cross-chain
- 10:12Cross-chain NFT minting
- 13:02Espresso’s fast finality
- 15:29Building on Espresso today
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