Who is behind AltLayer?

Learn more about the people and ideas behind ALT. AltLayer has become a pioneer in the restaked rollup market in the rapidly changing world of blockchain scalability. But there are always innovative builders behind every new protocol. Dr.

Yaoqi Jia, a prominent figure in the blockchain world, is the mind behind AltLayer. A team of experts from Web2 and Web3 supports him. Dr. Yaoqi Jia: A visionary leader The company's story begins with Dr. Yaoqi Jia, founder and CEO of AltLayer. Before starting AltLayer, he was in charge of ZK Research at Parity Technologies, the company operating the Polkadot ecosystem. While there, he learned a lot about the zero-knowledge proof technology that is essential for modern rollups. He is one of the creators of Zilliqa and was its Chief Technology Officer. He led the team that developed one of the first public blockchains to use sharding. This unique journey—from being the first to make L1 scalable to leading ZK research—has given him the necessary knowledge to explore the next big challenge: how to launch application-specific rollups flexibly and scalably. A skilled team of builders Many individuals work using AltLayer. People from both the traditional technology industry and the crypto-native world are present in the team. Many team members have worked for companies like AWS, Parity, and Zilliqa in the past. They know a lot about blockchain protocols and are also very skilled in software engineering. This combination is particularly necessary because AltLayer is not just building another blockchain; it is building a complex decentralized protocol that can interact with various technologies and ecosystems. The team is very knowledgeable about many important topics, such as decentralized finance (DeFi), game theory, cryptography, and distributed systems. This shared knowledge helps create a product that is not only technically robust but also simple for developers to use. The driving vision: A future for decentralized rollups AltLayer's goal is to make the rollup space more open and democratic. Optimistic and ZK rollups are the most popular ways to scale today, but they still primarily operate from a centralized place and consume a lot of resources. AltLayer envisions a world where each project can quickly develop a personalized "flash layer" with high scalability for its program without sacrificing security or decentralization. Restaked rollups are AltLayer's most important invention that makes this possible. This idea combines EigenLayer's restaking system on Ethereum to create a decentralized network of operators for three essential services:

1. Decentralized Verification:

There's not just one person responsible for checking whether the rollup state is correct.

2. Fast Finality: Users and applications get quick assurances.

3. Decentralized Sequencing:

Stop censorship and MEV abuse. The team is building the critical “verification layer” of the modular blockchain toolkit. This will ensure that the future of Web3 is secure and scalable, while keeping trust assumptions to a minimum. The AltLayer team isn't just building a product; they're creating the foundational structure for a multi-chain ecosystem that can scale and become more decentralized, one restaked rollup at a time. They have the support of well-known investors in the field. @rumour.app #traderumour