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Celestia

Celestia: Mainnet Launch and Modular Scaling

1 November 2023·1 min read

The Celestia protocol has officially launched its mainnet. As part of this, the native token "TIA" was also listed on various exchanges.

What's the story?

  • Celestia's introduction of "plugin modularity" into blockchain infrastructure represents a novel approach to scaling (see also "Good to know").
  • This approach can be used by layer-2 solutions, but also offers adaptability for tailored blockchain systems, potentially lowering costs and improving performance.
  • As part of our ongoing market research, we will monitor how Celestia's approach to modularity performs in a highly competitive environment.

Good to know

  • In the context of blockchain technology, reference is frequently made to a so-called trilemma. This means developers are attempting to optimize security, scalability and decentralization at the same time.
  • However, this presents development teams with major challenges, as increasing scalability often comes at the expense of security and/or decentralization. This is also one reason why there are various so-called layer-1 protocols for different use cases.

Translated from the German original, which is the authoritative version. Read the German version