Resources

DeFi

Oracles, Cross-Chain Bridges, Advanced Financial Protocols.

DeFi

Use Cases:

Oracles, Cross-Chain Bridges, Advanced Financial Protocols.

Description:

Utilize validator security to provide reliable pricing, liquidity transfers, and novel financial mechanisms.

Validator Set Importance

Requires strong decentralization and reliability to prevent fraud, ensure data accuracy, and maintain trust.

pattern Validator Commitments

Pre-Confirmations, Based Sequencers, Transaction Ordering.

Validator Commitments

Use Cases:

Pre-Confirmations, Based Sequencers, Transaction Ordering.

Description:

Validators provide additional services like pre-confirmation of transactions, sequencing, and ordering to reduce latency and optimize blockchain efficiency.

Validator Set Importance

A robust validator set is essential for pre-confirmations to provide guarantees on finality, while based sequencers ensure fair and predictable transaction ordering to enhance network performance and mitigate risks associated with transaction manipulation.

pattern Data

Data Availability, storage, Rollups.

Data

Use Cases:

Data Availability, storage, Rollups.

Description:

Provide guaranteed data availability for Layer 2 rollups and other off-chain data solutions.

Validator Set Importance

A strong validator set ensures reliable data publication, mitigating risks related to data withholding or loss.

Off-Chain Computation

Co-processors, Ad-hoc execution, Verifiers.

Off-Chain Computation

Use Cases:

Co-processors, Ad-hoc execution, Verifiers.

Description:

Offload computation and storage to a decentralized network while maintaining verifiability.

Validator Set Importance

Requires trusted validator nodes to ensure computation results and data are correct and verifiable.

Security as a Service

Fraud Proofs, Slashing Mechanisms, Firewalls, Attack Detection.

Security as a Service

Use Cases:

Fraud Proofs, Slashing Mechanisms, Firewalls, Attack Detection.

Description:

Offer additional security services to other blockchain protocols like slashing and fraud detection.

Validator Set Importance

Needs an equally robust validator set to that of Ethereum to uphold network integrity, enforce accountability, and provide effective deterrence against attacks.

Middleware Extensions

Relayers, Indexers,
Event Streaming.

Middleware Extensions

Use Cases:

Relayers, Indexers, Event Streaming.

Description:

Middleware infrastructure to bridge different blockchain layers or to provide specialized services.

Validator Set Importance

The validator set must be trustworthy to maintain secure cross-layer communication and accurate data indexing.

Off-Chain Computation

Interoperability Layers, Message Passing Protocols.

Off-Chain Computation

Use Cases:

Interoperability Layers, Message Passing Protocols.

Description:

Enable communication and asset transfer across multiple blockchains

Validator Set Importance

A secure validator set ensures the reliability and trust in communication between distinct blockchain ecosystems.

pattern Economic Security Extensions

Bonded Validators for Collateralized Systems.

Economic Security Extensions

Use Cases:

Bonded Validators for Collateralized Systems.

Description:

Provide collateral and bonded services for systems requiring economic guarantees.

Validator Set Importance

A validator set as strong as Ethereum ensures economic guarantees, minimizing risk of financial loss due to validator failures.

Governance & Coordination

DAOs, Collective Voting Systems, Community Funds.

Governance & Coordination

Use Cases:

DAOs, Collective Voting Systems, Community Funds.

Description:

Facilitate decentralized governance and coordination processes in a transparent and trustless manner.

Validator Set Importance

A decentralized validator set is essential to ensure decisions are executed without manipulation or central authority.

Disclaimer: The above represents a vision for the future of SSV Network and is subject to an approval by the SSV DAO.