What is RedPine?
RedPine operates as a comprehensive rollup-as-a-service platform, providing Web3 application developers with the capability to easily deploy and oversee Application-Specific rollup chains on widely used cloud computing platforms. RedPine seamlessly integrates with popular rollup chains, such as OP Stack, Polygon zkEVM, etc. Compatible cloud computing platforms encompass AWS, SurferCloud, and more.
Resources generated by RedPine are associated with the cloud computing platform accounts of Web3 app builders. This design ensures that builders retain complete control over their resources, guaranteeing the security of both the built resources and the associated accounts.
What is Application-Specific Chain?
An Application-Specific Chain, abbreviated as Appchain, represents a blockchain customized for a particular application, offering optimization in terms of functionality and scalability specific to that application. An illustrative example is dYdX, which operates as an Appchain. Appchains can be deployed across Layer1, Layer2, and Layer3 configurations, and RedPine employs a rollup scheme based on either Layer2 or Layer3.
| Rollup-based AppChain | Layer2 Rollup Public Chain | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | Exclusive performance of the entire Rollup chain | Shares Rollup chain performance with other apps |
| Cost | Low，avoid a surge in gas fees | High，surge in gas fees caused by noisy neighbors |
| Customizability | Customizable, short upgrade cycles | Non-customizable, longer upgrade cycles with underlying chain upgrades |
| Value Acquisition | Can acquire MEV, transaction fees,etc. | acquired by operator |
What are rollups?
Rollups represent a Layer2 off-chain capacity expansion technique, including optimistic rollups (opens in a new tab) and ZK rollups (opens in a new tab). This approach involves relocating the execution layer off-chain, while retaining the consensus layer and data availability layer on-chain. Layer2 effectively augments the capacity of Layer1 while preserving the security of Layer1.
For a deeper understanding of rollups, please refer to the articles Scaling (opens in a new tab) and An Incomplete Guide to Rollups (opens in a new tab)