Offchain Labs releases Arbitrum technology roadmap, focusing on decentralized sorting, ZK proofs, and more

BlockBeats news, on August 21, Arbitrum developer Offchain Labs released a future technology roadmap, including horizontal expansion, decentralized sorting, ZK proof and Stylus (MultiVM support). The roadmap highlights include:

· Stylus will be launched on the Arbitrum One and Nova mainnets in early September 2024, supporting WASM language development such as Rust, C and C++;

· BoLD and review timeout functions will be launched in the second half of 2024 to improve security and decentralization;

· The decentralized sorter is expected to be implemented in 2025 to disperse transaction sorting responsibilities;

· The fast withdrawal function will be released in the third quarter of 2024 to achieve fast settlement between the AnyTrust chain and the parent chain;

· Chain Clusters are scheduled to be launched in 2025 to reduce cross-chain communication time.

In addition, Offchain Labs also plans to implement multi-client support and adaptive pricing mechanisms in the first half of 2025 to improve performance and efficiency. The company is also actively researching the integration of zero-knowledge proof technology into the Arbitrum chain.