Polygon developers will launch a testnet of the new Avail solution

The Polygon project team will launch the Avail testnet in Q2. The solution is designed to reduce the load on blockchains through data migration and increase scalability “in any area”.

Avail will complement the startup’s existing offerings – Edge, Miden, Zero, Hermez and Nightfall.

Avail is positioned as the data availability layer for Optimism, Validium and other zero-knowledge proof solutions to work on top of it. The technology will act as an essential component of the concept of a modular network structure, allowing data to be placed outside the network and its availability verified.

data is currently dapps, as a rule, are hosted on third-party servers, not blockchains. Even rechecking them can be costly.

“Avail specializes in ordering transactions and keeping them available without having to verify, as with typical blockchains.” Polygon co-founder Anurag Arjun explained to The Block.

The project blog says Avail will let you create arbitrary blockchains with any execution environment (EVM, wasm other). Developers will be able to outsource the consensus layer while maintaining full control over the network.

Avail will increase scalability without the need for compromised security or decentralization. This will, among other things, increase the efficiency of Aggregations and improve the user experience of Web 3.0.

For simplicity, an analogy is given to the transition from VHS tapes and phonograph recordings to hard drives that allow software to read data from any medium.

Polygon is one of the largest blockchain ecosystems. More than 7,000 decentralized applications have been created on the basis of the platform.

Recall that in March Polygon offered a zero-knowledge evidence-based identification service.

Previously, the project raised $450 million from Sequoia Capital India with the participation of more than 40 venture investors.