Arbitrum To Remove Its "Training Wheels"
Arbitrum To Remove Its "Training Wheels"
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Arbitrum is preparing to transition into a Stage 2 decentralized rollup with the help of the new BOLD dispute protocol.
BOLD (Bounded Liquidity Delay Protocol) is an upgrade to Arbitrum's dispute protocol that will change rules in chain state dispute resolutions. Its goal is to unlock permissionless validation by reducing delay attack risks
Vitalik Buterin and L2Beat refer to the final stage of a rollup "Stage 2 - No Training Wheels", where anyone can validate L2 states and post fraud proofs.
This is in contrast to Arbitrum and others' current situation, where only several validators are allowed to contribute to the overall security.
Buterin says most rollups have "full training wheels" as they're controlled by a security council's multisig.
If approved, Arbitrum would become one of the very first Stage 2 rollups - entities decentralized to their limits.
Delay attacks, where an actor opens disputes and delays resolution indefinitely until they reach a certain goal, is to be tackled by the upgrade.
From here, challenges will have to conclude within a 6.4-day window
ArbitrumDAO members are currently doing a temperature check on whether to advance in becoming a Stage 2 rollup.
Arbitrum's rival Optimism is also working on similar issues, enabling people to withdraw from Optimism L2 without third party interactions.
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