The first modular blockchain network
Celestia is a modular consensus and data network, built to enable anyone to easily deploy their own blockchain with minimal overhead.
Learn CelestiaBuild on testnetAdvantages
Build
Deploy your own blockchain in minutes, as easily as a smart contract
Scale
Access the dynamic scaling unlocked by data availability sampling, where scale increases with the number of users
Customize
Create applications using your favorite VM or define your own
Sovereign
Build sovereign rollups, a new type of self-governing blockchain with minimal platform risk
How it works
Celestia is a minimal blockchain that only orders and publishes transactions and does not execute them. By decoupling the consensus and application execution layers, Celestia modularizes the blockchain technology stack and unlocks new possibilities for decentralized application builders.
Traditional monolithic architecture
- Developers can only use programming languages supported by chain's execution environment
- All applications run on the same process (the world computer model), with shared gas resources
- Smart contracts cannot be updated without a hard fork
Celestia-enabled modular architecture
- Developers can effortlessly define their own virtual execution environments; similar to virtual machines
- Each application gets its own sovereign execution space, while inheriting the security of Celestia's consensus
- Applications can be updated without main chain hard forks
Roadmap
- H1 2021Seed Fundraise
MVP Release - H2 2021Devnet Release
- 2022Testnet Release
- 2023Incentivized Testnet
- 2023Mainnet Launch
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Be part of our growing community of developers and innovators who are helping build the Celestia network.