{"id":435168,"date":"2024-07-26T16:25:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T15:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=435168"},"modified":"2024-07-26T16:16:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T15:16:48","slug":"arbitrum-proposes-expanding-orbit-chain-beyond-ethereum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/arbitrum-proposes-expanding-orbit-chain-beyond-ethereum\/","title":{"rendered":"Arbitrum proposes expanding Orbit Chain beyond Ethereum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/arbitrum\/\">Arbitrum's<\/a> Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) is reviewing a proposal to expand the network's Orbit Chain to other blockchains beyond <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/ethereum\/\">Ethereum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold;\">Expansion program<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In January, the Arbitrum Foundation introduced the Arbitrum Expansion program to extend its Orbit Chain to other Ethereum-based chains.<\/p>\n<p>The program allowed crypto projects to fork the Arbitrum codebase and tailor it to their business needs while sharing 10% of their profits with the broader Arbitrum ecosystem. These chains have gained significant adoption in recent months as they enable the development of highly customizable throughput and governance-enabled networks.<\/p>\n<p>So, due to this growing demand, the Foundation proposed expanding the Orbit Chain to non-Ethereum networks. It stated:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Over the past few weeks, the Arbitrum Foundation has received inbound interest from projects that want to deploy their own Orbit chain on other networks including, but not limited to: Bitcoin, Binance Smart Chain, Cosmos, and others.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Foundation expects this interest to continue growing, especially as the Arbitrum Tech Stack gains popularity on Ethereum.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold;\">Community supports move<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Early feedback shows strong community support, with 99.8% of the over 14 million ARB token votes in the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/snapshot.org\/#\/arbitrumfoundation.eth\/proposal\/0xd6138aaca39742a1a56f3219a74a4258e0786aa5494cdfbe752f23277c1b947f\">temperature check<\/a>&#8221; favoring the proposal. The voting will conclude on July 31.<\/p>\n<p>The community's backing is tied to the numerous benefits the Arbitrum Foundation claims the expansion will bring to the ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>The Foundation stated that expanding Orbit deployments could boost ArbitrumDAO's revenue and enhance the dominance of Ethereum Virtual Machines (EVM) and Stylus (EVM+).<\/p>\n<p>The Foundation also noted that limiting Orbit chains to only Ethereum might hinder the adoption of the Arbitrum Tech Stack because other rollups continue to deploy freely.<\/p>\n<p>Arbitrum is one of Ethereum's most extensive layer-2 scaling solutions with a total value locked (TVL) of $3.1 billion, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/defillama.com\/chain\/Arbitrum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DeFiLlama<\/a> data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arbitrum&#8217;s Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) is reviewing a proposal to expand the network&#8217;s Orbit Chain to other blockchains beyond Ethereum. Expansion program In January, the Arbitrum Foundation introduced the Arbitrum Expansion program to extend its Orbit Chain to other Ethereum-based chains. 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