Seeing the big picture from the small: The richness and value of the Arbitrum chain ecosystem
When most people mention Arbitrum, they might still have the impression of the early Ethereum L2—a cheap and fast DeFi battleground.
But if you casually open the Arbitrum Orbit chain ecosystem page today, you will find that it is no longer just a simple Rollup, but a multi-chain universe.
Friends, the Orbit chain you often hear about is a customized independent blockchain built using Arbitrum technology. These chains maintain compatibility with the Arbitrum ecosystem while also possessing unique features.
As of now, Arbitrum has supported over 100 chains, spanning multiple verticals such as DeFi, RWA, AI, gaming, NFT, and DePIN. These chains inherit the security and technical advantages of Arbitrum while achieving extreme customization, forming an unprecedented richness.
An inspiration from an Orbit chain: @XAI_GAMES
Among the many Orbit chains, if I had to choose the most representative case, I would pick @XAI_GAMES. Xai is an Orbit chain designed specifically for Web3 gaming, and it has not settled for a generic L2 framework but has made extensive customizations based on its own needs.
Xai has achieved the following key features:
1. Exclusive gas token, freeing itself from ETH, lowering the entry barrier for players.
2. Local off-chain data indexing, optimizing the experience of frequent small interactions within the game.
3. Efficient transfer of game assets, with effective bridging to the mainnet and other chains.
These details indicate that Orbit is not simply "copying an Arbitrum" but truly provides projects with a high degree of freedom: from virtual machine selection, fee models, privacy layers to data indexing, everything is fully customizable.
Why do Orbit chains have more prospects than traditional public chains?
The model of Orbit reminds me of the early internet era's debate between "dedicated servers" vs. "shared servers."
Traditional public chains (shared servers): Everyone competes for a resource pool, with many restrictions and performance bottlenecks.
Orbit chains (dedicated servers): Tailored infrastructure for each project.
In scenarios like DeFi, RWA, AI, and gaming that require high concurrency, low fees, and even compliance, Orbit chains have a clear natural advantage. This combination of "modular + customizable" is almost closer to real application needs than any single public chain.
Rather than saying Arbitrum is a chain, it is more accurate to say it is a framework for "blockchain infrastructure as a service." What this framework reflects is a profound understanding of the future of Ethereum L2: not all projects need a generic L2; some projects need a dedicated L2, and Orbit is the answer.
In the future, if you see a popular Web3 game, AI platform, or RWA application, pay attention to whether it is running on an Orbit chain behind the scenes. This might be the greatest aspect of Arbitrum—seeing the big picture from the small, allowing every application to have its own chain while being closely connected within the same ecosystem.
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What's quickly becoming apparent is that for projects aiming to launch a high-scalability crypto platform, deploying as an Ethereum execution protocol (EEP) is hands-down the smartest trade-off in the blockchain space.
An EEP — also known as a Layer 2 — inherits Ethereum mainnet's security guarantees and allows trustless bridging to other EEPs. This setup unlocks massive interoperability advantages while barely impacting scalability, since Ethereum only needs minimal verification overhead.
This is possible thanks to two game-changing innovations:
• Rollup Construct: A hierarchical, Merkle-tree-based data structure that bundles off-chain transactions into a single compact commitment posted to Ethereum mainnet. Individual transactions or states within the rollup can be quickly verified through Merkle proofs.
• Fraud and Validity Proofs: Fraud proofs (for optimistic rollups) and succinct validity proofs (for ZK rollups) ensure integrity and correctness of off-chain execution, eliminating the burden of re-executing every transaction onchain.
Major global entities already recognize these advantages. Industry leaders like Coinbase (Base), Robinhood (Robinhood L2), Sam Altman of OpenAI (World Chain), Ant Digital from Alibaba (Jovay), Sony (Soneium), Deutsche Bank (Memento), and Kraken (Ink) have each launched or committed to their own EEPs, underscoring Ethereum’s growing centrality in the high-performance blockchain landscape.
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The current price of Arbitrum is $0.41950. Over the last 24 hours, Arbitrum has increased by +6.53%. It currently has a circulating supply of 4,963,238,296 ARB and a maximum supply of 10,000,000,000 ARB, giving it a fully diluted market cap of $2.08B. At present, Arbitrum holds the 33 position in market cap rankings. The Arbitrum/USD price is updated in real-time.
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Arbitrum has emerged as a leading Ethereum scaling solution, garnering significant attention even before its airdrop in March 2023. Its utility as a layer-two scaling solution for the Ethereum network has been pivotal in establishing its prominence within the broader cryptocurrency ecosystem.
What is Arbitrum?
Arbitrum is a Layer 2 blockchain protocol specifically developed to enhance the scalability of the Ethereum network. Arbitrum aims to increase transaction throughput on Ethereum by employing optimistic roll-ups while maintaining its security and decentralization. It provides a seamless migration path for developers to transition their applications from the Layer 1 Ethereum protocol to the Layer 2 Arbitrum protocol.
Offchain Labs created the protocol, and its Mainnet was launched in 2021. In March 2023, the Arbitrum Foundation introduced ARB as the native token of the Arbitrum ecosystem. This marked an important milestone in the project's evolution and further solidified its role in the crypto space.
The Arbitrum team
The Arbitrum team comprises Ed Felten, Steven Goldfeder, and Harry Kalodner, previously researchers at Princeton University. Ed Felten, a Professor of Computer Science, brings his expertise to the project, while Steven Goldfeder and Harry Kalodner hold Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science. Together, they form a skilled and knowledgeable team driving the development and innovation behind Arbitrum.
How does Arbitrum work?
The Arbitrum network utilizes optimistic roll-ups to scale the Ethereum network. While the Ethereum blockchain can handle only 15-30 transactions per second (TPS), roll-ups can increase transaction speed by up to 85 times.
Optimistic roll-ups aggregate transactions and process them off-chain in batches rather than individually on-chain. These transactions are then verified in batches and with reduced frequency on the blockchain.
To illustrate, think of optimistic roll-ups as grouping multiple transactions, similar to picking up all the items you need from a supermarket in one go rather than paying for each item separately.
In contrast, the traditional Ethereum network processes transactions one by one, like paying for each item individually at the store. Arbitrum's protocol, leveraging optimistic roll-ups, enables transactions to be rolled-up and processed in batches, thus enhancing scalability and efficiency.
ARB has a total supply of 10 billion tokens, with a circulating supply of 1.275 billion tokens. During the viral airdrop on March 23, 2023, the Arbitrum Foundation distributed 12.75% of the total ARB supply to users and DAOs.
Staking ARB tokens
ARB tokens can be staked on various decentralized exchanges (DEXs), allowing users to earn rewards from the fees generated by the liquidity pool. The longer the ARB tokens are staked or locked, the higher the potential rewards for the user.
Additionally, centralized exchanges (CEXs) like OKX provide staking services for ARB through their OKX Earn. Users can earn a flexible 1 percent annual percentage yield (APY) on their staked ARB tokens.
Arbitrum’s use cases
Arbitrum's use cases primarily revolve around its governance functionality. As the native governance token of the ecosystem, ARB is designed for voting on proposals and decisions within the Arbitrum network. Additionally, ARB can be staked to earn rewards and serve as a store of value for users within the ecosystem. It's important to note that ARB is not utilized as gas fees for transactions on the network
ARB Token distribution
The supply distribution of ARB is as follows:
Arbitrum DAO treasury: 42.78%
Offchain Labs teams and advisors: 26.94%
Investors: 17.53%
Airdrop to users: 11.62%
Airdrop to DAOs: 1.13%
Arbitrum’s future vision
Arbitrum's future vision is centered around achieving progressive decentralization. While the Arbitrum Foundation currently holds most of the decision-making power in the ecosystem, the goal is to transition towards a more decentralized governance model as the Arbitrum ecosystem expands and more web3 users engage with the network.
In the meantime, ARB token holders can actively participate in voting for improvement proposals, ensuring a level of community involvement.
Furthermore, Arbitrum has plans to launch a Layer 3 DApp shortly.
This layer-three solution, called Orbit, will allow developers to deploy programs using popular programming languages such as Rust and C++.
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In the last 24 hours, there have been 4.1K new posts about Arbitrum, driven by 1.7K contributors, and total online engagement reached 371K social interactions. The sentiment score for Arbitrum currently stands at 84%. Compared to all cryptocurrencies, post volume for Arbitrum currently ranks at 2325. Keep an eye on changes to social metrics as they can be key indicators of the influence and reach of Arbitrum.
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Arbitrum FAQ
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