For years, Optimism was missing a core feature at the heart of its design: "Fault proofs." On Monday, that tech is finally here.

The zkEVM, called Kakarot, already in testing, will be available via the Starknet Stack.

Avail shared in a blog post that 354,605 wallet addresses are eligible to claim the 600 million tokens in their “unification drop.”

The human-focused blockchain network will be based on the OP Stack, a framework for building Ethereum-based layer-2 chains.

The news about X Layer comes as other major cryptocurrency exchanges, like Coinbase and Kraken, have also pursued their own layer 2 networks over t

The release is the product of a16z's first foray into deep tech research.

The shared sequencer leading firm said that the round would further invests in their products as well as additional hires.