AltLayer is a decentralized protocol for rollups. Its technology helps enhance security, decentralization, interoperability, and finality of rollups (scalability solutions for blockchains).
AltLayer introduces a novel concept called Restaked Rollups, which involves restocking assets to improve rollup characteristics. Key features of the AltLayer protocol include:
1. VITAL: Actively Validated Service where operators verify rollup blocks and states, raising fraud proofs if needed.
2. MACH: Enables faster finality by allowing operators to restake Ethereum-based assets to back rollup state claims.
3. SQUAD: Offers decentralized sequencing with economic backing, addressing issues like liveness concerns, MEV, and rent extraction.
AltLayer's native utility token, ALT, is used for several purposes, including providing an economic bond (which can be slashed if malicious behavior is detected), governance (where ALT token holders can vote on governance decisions), protocol incentivization (where operators can earn ALT tokens as rewards), and protocol fees (where network participants pay for services in ALT tokens).
