The Definitive Guide to Sequencing - by James Prestwich

@jon_charb doesn't know what a sequencer is, and at this point he's too afraid to ask

The Definitive Guide to Sequencing James Prestwich May 01, 2023 19 4 Share Shared Sequencing gallops towards the narrative horizon, so it’s time for a thorough explainer on what it is, and why it exists. I’ll be confining this post to optimistic rollups, so all y’all ZK people can go ahead and preemptively prep your corrections to everything below. See y’all on the tweeter. I’ll also be saying “host chain” a lot when I mean host DA layer, so all y'all DA folks should prep the tweet threads too What is a Sequencer? A Sequencer is a semi-trusted role in an optimistic rollup. While transactions m

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