Nautilus Chain Mainnet Officially Launched, Marking the Beginning of the Layer3 Era
Nautilus Chain is now leading the way in exploring Layer3 technology, following Vitalik Buterin’s proposal of the Layer3 concept. As the industry’s first modular Layer3 chain, we are laying the foundation for future L3 chain architecture, and aim to disrupt the long-term development landscape of public blockchains.
Earlier this year, after a series of intense development efforts, we launched multiple rounds of testnets, including “Triton.” During the testnet phase, we achieved a measured TPS (transactions per second) of over 2,000 in an EVM enviroment and established early strategic partnerships with over 80 ecosystems, including Celestia, Eclipse, Poly Network, Galxe, and others. We also collaborated with Zebec Labs to launch a $20 million ecosystem fund, with Poseiswap and Coral Finance being the first two projects to receive investments from the fund. With the completion of the final rounds of testing earlier this month, it is now finally time to launch Nautilus on mainnet.
Launching Nautilus is just the first step in our vision to to building a broad, thriving ecosystem.
At this stage, over 30 projects will be deployed on the Nautilus Chain Mainnet. During the initial launch of its mainnet, on-chain applications and native infrastructure such as cross-chain bridges are still in the deployment phase. To ensure the security of user assets and provide a better trading experience, Nautilus Chain is currently in the phase of inviting internal developers to join while conducting stability-related testing.
After the completion of early work such as infrastructure deployment and testing, we will promptly announce the RPC (Remote Procedure Call) information for the main chain, enabling users to experience trading on the Nautilus Chain.
Key Features of Nautilus Chain
Nautilus Chain is the industry’s first modular Layer3 chain, utilizing Celestia for a modular foundation and incorporating zkRollup technology for privacy.
Customizable Solutions for Developers
Nautilus Chain allows developers to customize their solutions through the Nautilus Developer, offering a wide range of modules, like dApp-chains, dApp-rollups, and dApp-subnets, to reduce operational costs, strengthen security, gain more sovereignty (new layers independent of Layer1s like Ethereum), and achieve additional functionalities.
Broad Interoperability
As a Layer3 chain, Nautilus Chain does not rely on Layer1 networks like Ethereum as its baselayer. Instead, it utilizes Celestia as both layer0 infrastructure and its primary modular foundation. At the same time, Eclipse serves as the settlement layer.
By using these components, Nautilus Chain developers can build various “independent” and parallelizable dApp-chains, dApp-rollups, and dApp-subnets, allowing them to stack different chains as layers. Developers can thus create a stack of chains that don’t need to revert to a Layer1. Nautilus Chain acts as the top parallel processing layer in this process, facilitating scalability in the EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine) execution layer.
Bridging to Nautilus
Nautilus uses Hyperlane for permissionless interoperability and cross chain token transfers. With Hyperlane, apps on Nautilus can access cross chain messaging and composability. To start, Nautilus is using Hyperlane to open a bridge for users to onboard with. Start bridging now with the guide.
A Truly Scalable EVM
With the launch of the mainnet, we are implementing a modular stack consisting of Celestia + Eclipse + zkEVM. With its modular architecture, Nautilus Chain becomes the industry’s first EVM with parallel processing and the fastest EVM Rollup solution. It handles data storage, computation, and consensus in different modules to enable higher scalability and capacity. The end result is an enhanced network with incredible throughput and security. Nautilus even provides increased privacy through zkRollup technology.
With a slew of applications poised to launch, Nautilus is well-positioned for an meteoric launch. After the mainnet launch, we will gradually fulfill the rewards promised to contributors during the testnet phase.
NautDID System to Launch Simultaneously with the Mainnet
Previously, we introduced NautDID (with SSR, SR, R attributes), which contributors on Nautilus Chain could obtain for free. But now, with the launch of the Nautilus Chain mainnet, we will simultaneously launch the DID (Decentralized Identity) system. Holders of NautDID will obtain Layer3 identities, becoming early participants in the Nautilus Chain ecosystem.
NautDID users will receive various benefits, including:
- Opportunities to receive multiple rounds of token and NFT airdrops within the ecosystem.
- Opportunities to participate in pre-mining whitelists for protocol pools without loss (SR, R DID holders selected based on user activity).
- Opportunities to participate in whitelists for early projects launched on Nautchain (SR, R DID holders selected based on user activity).
- Opportunities to participate in Nautilus ecosystem governance.
- Opportunities for independent DAO communities to receive foundation investments and customized technical support.
Different levels of DID holders will receive varying benefits. The introduction of the DID system is expected to bring a significant number of users to Nautilus Chain, including active users and users with high net worth, which is crucial for the early launch of the Nautilus Chain ecosystem.
What sets the Nautilus Chain DID system apart is that NautDID is natively introduced on Nautilus Chain, aligning with the modular characteristics of Layer3. Any developer can seamlessly embed NautDID into their applications in a modular form, allowing for better user profiling based on on-chain behaviors on Nautilus Chain and providing enhanced services to users.
Moreover, NautDID can facilitate many different business applications. For instance, Zebec Protocol can further develop compliance-oriented solutions through the DID system, establishing KYC (Know Your Customer) and other systems to seamlessly integrate with more Web2 business scenarios.
Nautilus Dev Vault Activity to Continue
Last month, in collaboration with Zebec Labs, we launched the Nautilus Dev Vault activity. This initiative aims to encourage developers to deploy applications on Nautilus Chain by providing substantial funding to high-quality projects, strengthening the ecosystem. The value generated from these projects will ultimately benefit the users on the chain.
The inaugural Nautilus Dev Vault activity commenced in the form of a dApp building competition, and is open to the first 50 projects deployed on the Nautilus Chain mainnet. The projects can range from infrastructure (cross-chain bridges, interoperable communication protocols, privacy protection) to Defi, gaming, NFTs marketplaces, DEXs or DEX aggregators, lending protocols, staking, derivatives, launchpads, and more. It will also be used to encourage education and tool-oriented projects aimed at enhancing understanding and awareness of Nautilus Chain’s capabilities (which include indexing and analysis tools, DAO tools, etc.).
The Zebec Labs Foundation and the investment research team will evaluate projects based on their on-chain data and $ZBC adoption indicators. After careful consideration, qualifying teams will be selected to unlock the first round of Nautilus Chain Dev Vault funding. The prize distribution is as follows:
- Each project has the opportunity to unlock up to 20% of the Naut Dev Vault in each round, with a total potential of up to $100,000 USDT. Early participants will receive higher rewards.
- Participants also have the right to share 20% of monthly gas income, distributed based on the number of transactions generated.
The prize pool structure of the Dev Vault is as follows:
- During the first three months after mainnet launch, the Zebec Labs Foundation committed to providing $750,000 worth of $ZBC to the DEV Vault. From this, $500,000 USDT will be allocated for the dApp competition, while $250,000 worth of $ZBC will be invested in a liquidity incentive pool. Future contributions will be dynamically adjusted based on the growth of the ecosystem.
- A unique self-allocation mechanism ensures that 20% of Nautilus Chain gas income will be allocated to the Dev Vault each month.
Currently, the first round of Nautilus Dev Vault is open for registration, and the evaluation period will begin after Nautilus Chain stabilizes its operations. After the first round concludes, the Nautilus Dev Vault will continue to host a series of activities, ensuring continuous engagement from developers and users.
With the official launch of the Nautilus Chain Mainnet, the era of the first modular Layer3 ecosystem has begun.
About Nautilus
Nautilus Chain is the first production-ready modular chain in Web3. Through its modular architecture, Nautilus combines the speed of Solana with the decentralization and security of Ethereum to become the fastest EVM chain available and capable of parallel transaction processing.
Developers will be able to use Nautilus to build next-generation payment dApps. Nautilus provides Solidity developers with the efficiency and customization needed to build dApps for real-world adoption.
With Nautilus, Web3 technology will have the reliability and scalability needed to replace traditional payment rails all around the world.
