Offchain Labs unveils BOLD protocol for permissionless validation across Arbitrum chains

Quick Take

  • Offchain Labs introduced Bounded Liquidity Delay (BOLD), a new dispute protocol for optimistic rollup-based Layer 2 solutions.
  • BOLD seeks to enable permissionless validation, a departure from the existing mechanisms in Arbitrum-based chains that employ permissioned validation.
The move towards permissionless validation highlights Offchain Labs' push for decentralization across Arbitrum chains.

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