EigenLayer's Vision for Ethereum's Future
EigenLayer's Vision for Ethereum's Future
🚀 Ethereum's New Home
EigenLayer positions Ethereum as the foundation for multiple key innovations:
- Core Components: EIGEN, Restaking, and EigenDA form the backbone
- Verifiable Cloud: Platform enabling trust-based applications
- Security Extension: Provides Ethereum-level security for various applications
- Current Status: ~4.58M ETH locked (4% of total supply)
- Infrastructure: Supporting 190+ AVSs with 100 MB/s throughput
- Value Proposition: $20B in liquidity on EigenLayer
The platform aims to make Ethereum the home for verifiable compute and trust-based applications beyond traditional finance. Developers can build cloud-scale applications while maintaining crypto-grade verification.
Ethereum is: Home of EIGEN Home of Restaking Home of @eigen_da Home of the Verifiable Cloud Home for Trust Beyond Finance Home for apps that need Ethereum security Home for the next gen of Verifiable Compute
Ethereum is: Home of DeFi Home of Stablecoins (which are eating the world) Home of Real-World Assets coming onchain Home for the Next Generation of Internet Businesses Home for People who can’t access TradFi Ethereum is the trust layer for global finance Ethereum is
"EigenCloud will change crypto and the internet forever." ~ @FinalityCap Full thread ↓
Lots of takes on @EigenLayer’s new product: EigenCloud. Here’s another: it will change crypto and the Internet forever. Regulatory tailwinds are big. This is bigger. 🧵👇
20+ updates lit up the verifiable stack this week: ☑️ EigenCloud officially unveiled ☁️ ☑️ Earnifi wins Best Financial Services App ☑️ ZK infra gets the 101 it deserved ☑️ Wellness rewards made provable with onchain randomness ☑️ EigenCloud paper decoded ☑️ Stablecoins
gEigen! We hope you've had an amazing week and might have missed out on some Eigen ecosystem updates but don't worry, we gotchu covered. 😉
Ethereum is for shipping ♢ Redistribution is for accelerating ☁️
Ethereum is for shipping. Here are 24 things the ecosystem launched, shipped, and scaled over the past few weeks. 0/ @RobinhoodApp is now onchain with @arbitrum, bringing Robinhood’s 25M+ retail users closer to Ethereum-powered finance. 1/ @base launched Base Pay and the
All roads lead to EigenCloud. ☁️
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The future is multi-chain. ☁️⛓️ Every new blockchain brings speed, UX, or new use cases, but each one also fragments security. EigenCloud changes this: AVSs can extend @ethereum's cryptoeconomic trust to any chain. More in 🧵
🧠 The brain: Ethereum 👁️ The eyes: EigenCloud 🦴 The spine: Redistribution
ETH is our fuel
Skill, meet verifiability. 🎮☁️ @showdown_gg and EigenCloud AVS, @OpacityNetwork, are teaming up to unlock trustless wagering and competitive tournaments in AAA games like Fortnite, Valorant, and CoD. ☑️ Powered by ZkTLS ☑️ No mods, no hacks, just proof ☑️ Offchain skill,
Ever dreamed of wagering on your skills in Call of Duty, FIFA, Valorant, and other AAA titles? That vision will soon become a reality. Showdown and @OpacityNetwork join hands to bring skill-based wagering and competitive tournaments to games that have traditionally been closed
The endgame is cloud-scale programmability. The endgame is crypto-grade verifiability. The endgame is EigenCloud. ☁️
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ETH is the engine EIGEN is the accelerator Verifiable Cloud is the highway
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EigenCloud is here to accelerate Ethereum GEthereuM
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Every civilization industrialized something. The Romans, law. The British, trade. The Americans, money. Ethereum, trust. Today, we price trust per byte. As outlined in the @Consensys report, @ethereum has evolved from a smart contract platform into a foundational layer of
The transition from analog to digital trust is well underway. Digital trust, available globally as Trustware, will serve as the bedrock for our global economic system, with Ethereum as its purest, deepest source. Read more in Consensys’ report here: consensys.io/ethereum/trust
📣 ICYMI EigenCloud went Multi-Chain with our first ever integration on @base. 🟦 AVSs can now verify across L2s while preserving Ethereum-aligned trust. Build Anything. Verify Everything.
“You want cloud-scale programmability, but with crypto-grade verifiability.” ~ @sreeramkannan On @BanklessHQ with @TrustlessState and @jt_rose, Sreeram lays out the EigenCloud vision: - Build anything you could build on the cloud - But with the verifiability and trustlessness
At EigenCloud, we’re building the verifiability stack, giving developers the tools to scale applications across execution, data availability, and compute. Trustless interoperability is a core pillar of that vision. We’re excited to support The Signal by @boundless_xyz: an
.@eigenlayer is helping power The Signal on Boundless - bringing ZK interoperability everywhere. Together with EigenCloud, we are creating a more connected ecosystem where proofs become the universal language.
☁️ Heads Up: Last month we unveiled one of the most important releases in crypto infrastructure, EigenCloud. Our very own @sreeramkannan and @jt_rose sat with @TrustlessState on the @BanklessHQ podcast to discuss what EigenCloud is, why it matters, and how it unlocks a new era
Crypto built the root of trust. AI needs it. At @Permissionless IV’s Open Source AI Summit presented by @NearProtocol, @sreeramkannan dropped the most important update in Crypto x AI this year. ☁️ Eigencloud Supercharging Verifiable AI. ☁️ Crypto built the foundation for
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Everything starts here. The infrastructure. The primitives. The proof. The apps they unlock. This is the Verifiable Cloud. EigenCloud ☁️ Build Anything. Verify Everything. All the links you need to get started 🔗 🧵
📣 Louder for the builders in the back! EigenCloud = the Verifiable Cloud ☁️ = 🔌 Build at cloud scale ⚙️ Run with flexible security ✅ Verify at crypto scale All secured by EIGEN. 🪙
The next internet runs on: ☁️░▓▆▃▂▁EigenCloud▁▂▃▆▓░☁️ Programmable. Verifiable. Powered by EIGEN.
more chains more apps more users ONE VERIFIABLE CLOUD ☁️
. @dinero_xyz is bringing pxETH and ipxETH to the Verifiable Cloud. This unlocks restaking rewards for both retail and institutional stakers, secured by EigenCloud, trusted across Ethereum. From DeFi to KYC rails, the future of liquid staking is programmable. Build with us. ☁️
We're excited to announce pxETH and ipxETH restaking on @eigenlayer, in collaboration with @galaxyhq and @LaserDigital_. After almost two years of building Ethereum's fastest-growing LST, it's time to unlock a new yield layer ↓
20+ updates across the ecosystem this week. The verifiable stack keeps moving! ☑️ VIBEscore: the first full app live on EigenCloud ☑️ Enter the Cloud Chain Thesis ☑️ cmETH rewards boosted on Bybit ☑️ Brevis launches Pico GPU: 20× faster ZK proving ☑️ EigenCloud Team goes IRL in
gEigen! This is probably the last time I’m posting Eigen Times, so enjoy! 🧵👇
One cloud. Many apps. Every chain. That’s EigenCloud ☁️
EigenCloud is how we make AI and apps verifiable. Grateful to have @a16z behind the mission.
TIL @eigenlayer is one of @a16z top 10 investments and top 3 crypto investments of all time 🤯
EigenLayer's Multi-Protocol Restaking Vision
EigenLayer is introducing a groundbreaking approach to Ethereum's ecosystem through multi-protocol restaking. The system allows users to: - Restake ETH across multiple protocols simultaneously - Generate additional protocol fees and rewards - Enhance network security beyond core protocol The platform creates synergy between: - Restakers - Operators - Developers This structure aims to improve capital efficiency and reduce operational costs while maintaining network resilience. The model represents a significant step toward more efficient blockchain infrastructure.
ERC-8004: Ethereum's New Frontier in AI Coordination
Ethereum is evolving into a foundation for AI coordination through ERC-8004, introducing a groundbreaking design space for trustless agents and collaboration. Key developments: - Integration of verifiable cloud infrastructure - Smart contracts serving as minimum viable agents - Autonomous Verifiable Services (AVS) enabling sovereign agent decisions - Enhanced privacy-preserving interactions with real-world applications The initiative combines AI capabilities with smart contract functionality, maintaining decentralization while advancing trustless collaboration. [ERC-8004 Specification](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-8004) provides technical details. For deeper insights, watch @dabit3's [3-minute explanation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odywBhoVqpM).
White House Report Recognizes Restaking and EigenLayer as Key Web3 Innovations
The White House has released a Digital Assets Report that marks a significant shift in US policy perspective on blockchain technology. Key highlights: - Recognition of restaking and data availability as crucial infrastructure - Specific mention of EigenLayer and its technological contributions - Acknowledgment of verifiable cloud computing potential This represents a major evolution from previous regulatory stances and signals growing institutional understanding of Web3 fundamentals. [Read the full report](https://www.whitehouse.gov/crypto/)
Prediction Markets Face Growing Pains as Dispute Resolution Takes Center Stage
Prediction markets like Polymarket are gaining traction in finance by enabling trades on real-world outcomes. However, the current system of resolving disputed outcomes through anonymous token holder voting has led to controversy. Key developments: - Bloomberg reports growing concerns about fairness and manipulation - EigenLayer is developing new dispute resolution mechanisms - Current system relies on majority voting without accountability - Recent US election showed prediction markets outperforming traditional polls - Platforms handled billions in trading volume The industry faces a critical challenge: balancing decentralized governance with accurate outcome resolution. EigenCloud is working to prioritize truth verification over simple majority rule. [Read the full Bloomberg analysis](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-13/millions-in-polymarket-bets-decided-by-anonymous-crypto-holders)