SAGA AND AVA LABS ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP TO FURTHER AUTOMATE SUBNETS, AVALANCHE’S CUSTOMIZABLE APPCHAIN SOLUTION

The collaboration will accelerate the development and adoption of appchains as a dominant scaling solution for Web3

MULTIVERSE, April 10, 2023 — Saga and Ava Labs announced today that they have entered into a partnership where the Saga protocol will release a software stack that further automates the instantiation of Subnets, Avalanche’s appchain solution.

Subnets, developed by Avalanche, allow a project to spin up a customized appchain using their chosen subset of Avalanche validators and chosen gas token. These Subnets are crucial to the successful growth and scaling of gaming and many other kinds of applications on Avalanche.

The increased automation of Subnets has the potential to significantly increase adoption and allow Avalanche projects to access their own dedicated blockspace on a decentralized validator set with a fraction of the time and effort. This collaboration marks a significant effort in Web3 to remove barriers to entry for developers building on appchains and therefore scale their usage.

On Saga, any project can choose to automatically deploy a dedicated blockchain, or Chainlet, using a shared set of validators with guaranteed operational commitments from those validators. A project deploying a Subnet blockchain on Avalanche can choose the Avalanche Chainlet stack on Saga and then deploy automatically to a set of validators.

Once the integration is complete, the Avalanche Chainlet stack will be available as a Realm on Saga. A Realm is a type of technology stack on Saga that utilizes both Saga’s interchain security and Cosmos Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) to automate dedicated blockspace. Realms were recently debuted as part of the Saga Multiverse at GDC 2023.

An individual Chainlet’s security is shared with the validator pool via interchain security. Any malicious behavior observed on a Chainlet may result in the perpetrating validator being penalized by seizure of a portion of their managed stake in the corresponding base chain.

This will require that Subnets be automated using Saga’s tech stack, and that the Subnets communicate with one another and the Saga Mainnet via cross-chain communication that includes IBC and potentially AWM as well.

All Avalanche Chainlets will be maintained by a validator pool in exchange for a recurring Chainlet fee payment (denominated in SAGA tokens), where the payer of the recurring fee may be the project or Avalanche.

Both Saga and Avalanche have found great success in gaming and entertainment. These applications require performance improvements and cost savings compared to traditional blockchain architecture, and this collaboration is a significant step towards achieving those goals.

Saga is a Web3 scalability protocol that empowers developers to build applications on dedicated chains, or Chainlets. There are currently over 170 projects building on Saga. Its infrastructure ensures high throughput, easy upgradability, congestion relief, and no dependencies on other applications using Saga. In addition, gas fees for infrastructure remain predictable and are by default hidden from the end user, allowing developers to use any token or currency for their applications.

The automated deployment of dedicated blockspace is secured via interchain security. Because Saga is also generally capable of deploying any technology as a service that implements consumer-side interchain security, it can also be used to stand up and scale other appchain solutions in an automated fashion.

About Saga

Saga is a Web3 scalability protocol for automated deployment of application-specific blockchains in gaming, entertainment and DeFi. Through its platform, it aims to empower developers to build the next 1000 chains in the Multiverse.

To learn more about the Saga protocol, check out our website, litepaper and developer documentation. Be sure to join Saga’s Discord and Telegram and follow Saga on Twitter for the latest news and updates.

About Avalanche

Avalanche is a smart contracts platform built to scale infinitely and finalize transactions in under a second. Its revolutionary consensus protocol and novel Subnets enable Web3 developers to easily launch highly-scalable solutions. Deploy on the EVM, or use your own custom VM. Build anything you want, any way you want, on the eco-friendly blockchain designed for Web3 devs.

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