GRIDY JUST BROKE THE HIGHEST THROUGHPUT RECORD ON @l2beat Yesterday was a big day. Gridy was more than just a game for Karnot. It was a way to showcase the power of the infra we're building @MadaraStarknet. We crossed 220 sustained TPS for 24 hours, all being ZK proven. To put this into perspective, the next ZK chain that has achieved anything similar (apart from @Starknet which is technically the SN Stack) is ZKSync that's done around ~60 TPS and Linea which has done around ~55 TPS. That's 3-4x lower than what we achieved yesterday as a *startup* and NOT a heavily funded org. The point I am trying to make it that the days of ZK being too expensive or not being scalable are gone. The SN Stack was built for scalability from day one and it's now available open source for everyone to use via Madara and via RaaS providers like Karnot itself. With the upcoming upgrades on Stwo, the SN Stack is expected to be one to two orders of magnitude cheaper (that's 10-100x to be clear) than a lot of other zkVM stacks. The second point I want to drive is the UX issue. Yesterday, we showcased on Gridy that you can use an appchain directly from your Starknet or Ethereum wallet. In fact, users didn't even know it was a chain ( This breaks the misconception that a lot of folks have around building your own chain - users will have to switch networks, bridge funds, deploy wallets etc. Apart from a few times when these concerns are technically valid, most of the times these issues can be bypassed by basic UX and engineering hacks (that do no affect security what so ever). I am more than happy to brainstorm with anyone on how they can potentially simplify UX for their appchain. And the other times when there are technical issues that make app chain UX not so seamless, it's mostly related to bridging back from the chain aka withdrawing. Why is that? Because proving takes time (or you make it fast and super expensive). So, what happens when proving is fast and cheap enough that makes withdrawals seamless too? The UX difference between an app chain and your smart contract app disappears. And the stack that's best positioned to reach that point is THE SN STACK - built ground up with the CairoVM for efficient ZK proving, native account abstraction, proof aggregation and much more. I am not going to say "every app will be it's own chain". I don't think that's true. But apps that should be their own chains and are not because of technical limitations, the time is now and it's possible on the SN Stack (categories where I think an app chain makes sense - A lot of big announcements are brewing for app chains and Starknet in the coming weeks. Stay tuned and launch your app chain with @karnotxyz.