Chain Resource Directory

Abstract is an L2 ZK rollup built on Ethereum, designed to easily bring consumers onchain. With a global wallet that enables native account abstraction, gas sponsorship, and social logins, the Abstract chain makes it easy to onboard mainstream users to your app.

Anime is a blockchain purpose-built for anime IP, fandoms, and NFT-first experiences. Created by the Azuki team, Anime gives studios and fans tamper-proof provenance and licensing rails, issues at the core of AI-generated content.

ApeChain is an Arbitrum Orbit L3 created by the ApeCoin DAO and purpose built for Yuga Labs games and the wider BAYC ecosystem. Native APE gas and custom gaming primitives let studios launch great user experiences without leaving the Ape community's token economy.

Aptos is a high-throughput L1 from former engineer's on Meta's Diem project. Aptos is built with the Move language and offers robust developer tooling and Web3 partnerships, making it a production-ready home for consumer-scale apps.

Arbitrum is an optimistic rollup that inherits Ethereum security while delivering sub-cent gas fees and high throughput. Arbitrum's Orbit and Stylus tooling attract builders deploying complex, low-latency apps without leaving the Ethereum ecosystem.

Arbitrum Nova is a L2 chain using AnyTrust technology to reduce costs and increase throughput, making it Arbitrum's go-to network for high-traffic social and gaming applications. This chain introduces a data availability committee to optimize scale while preserving Ethereum security for execution.

Astar is a Polkadot parachain that supports both EVM and WASM contracts, and is designed for multichain interoperability. Its app-staking model rewards builders and token-holders, bootstrapping a vibrant cross-chain ecosystem. Astar is popular in Japan and APAC with strong enterprise support.

Avalanche C-Chain is an EVM-compatible smart contract chain within the Avalanche network, offering sub-second finality and low fees. It serves as the main entry point for Ethereum apps into Avalanche’s ecosystem. Custom subnets let projects launch dedicated, customizable blockchains while tapping into Avalanche liquidity.

Base is an OP Stack L2 developed by Coinbase to bring the next billion users onchain. It offers low fees, high throughput, and deep integration with Coinbase’s exchange and fiat rails. With strong developer tools and ecosystem incentives, it’s a gateway for mainstream Web3 apps.

Berachain is an EVM-compatible L1 built with the Cosmos SDK. The chain introduces a novel Proof of Liquidity consensus mechanism that aligns staking with block production. Berachain combines performant infrastructure with a meme-powered community and DeFi-native governance.

Bitcoin is the original blockchain network and is the most secure, decentralized cryptocurrency in existence. It introduced peer-to-peer value transfer and remains a censorship-resistant store of value with a fixed 21M supply. As a base layer, it supports emerging L2s like Lightning and Stacks.

Blast is an EVM-compatible L2 offering native yield on ETH and stablecoin balances by default. The chain combines rollup scalability with built-in DeFi incentives, enabling users and apps alike to earn without staking or wrapping assets. Backed by the Blur team, Blast merges passive yield mechanics with a growth-focused ecosystem.

BNB Smart Chain is a fast, low-fee EVM-compatible blockchain backed by Binance. With strong activity across DeFi, gaming, and NFTs, BSC supports high-volume apps in emerging markets and offers a tight integration with Binance’s user base, liquidity, ecosystem bridges, and tooling.

Botanix is an EVM-equivalent Layer-2 that brings smart contracts and DeFi to Bitcoin via its Spiderchain architecture. Botanix inherits Bitcoin’s proof-of-work security while slashing block times to ~5s, letting developers deploy Solidity apps and tap BTC liquidity without needing to bridge or wrap Bitcoin.

Celo is a mobile-first, EVM-compatible L2 built with OP-Stack (the chain was formerly an L1 and migrated to Optimism in March 2025). It features ultra-light clients, phone number mapping, and gas fee abstraction for easy smartphone onboarding, and its support of cUSD and cEUR stablecoins power payments in 100+ countries.

CrossFi is a cross-chain finance layer that tokenizes real-world collateral (gold, fiat, commodities) and moves it natively across EVM and Cosmos ecosystems. Its hybrid custody model lets TradFi institutions plug into DeFi yield without touching wrapped assets.

Degen is a creator- and community-focused Arbitrum Orbit L3 that uses the viral $DEGEN tipping token as its gas asset, making micro-rewards and meme trading essentially free. Designed for community coordination and creator rewards, Degen makes social interaction easily composable.

Ethereum is the leading smart contract platform powering decentralized applications across DeFi, NFTs, gaming, and more. As the most widely adopted blockchain with the largest developer community, Ethereum is the foundation of Web3.

Fantom Opera is an EVM-compatible L1 chain that delivers fast finality and cheap gas, making it fertile ground for algorithmic stablecoins and real-time DeFi protocols. Its Lachesis consensus handles thousands of TX/s without sharding. Its lightweight infrastructure makes it ideal for developers needing fast, cost-efficient execution. This chain has migrated to the Sonic chain (which Alchemy also supports).

Flow is a high-throughput PoS L1 designed by Dappy Labs for consumer experiences like NBA Top Shot and Mattel Creations. Its multi-node architecture parallelizes workloads, keeping fees low even during viral onchain activity.

Fraxtal is an OP-Stack L2 built by the Frax team to power its stablecoin ecosystem, lending markets, and AMMs. A tight integration with Frax's DeFi primitives lets DeFi builders compose new protocols and apps quickly, and the chain features protocol-level MEV capture and native yield distribution to optimize economic sustainability.

This is Gensyn's primary testnet. Gensyn is a marketplace protocol for AI compute, helping turn idle GPU clusters into on-demand compute for ML engineers. Using "proof of learning" consensus to verify model training without re-running workloads, Gensyn solves the issue of compute verification without incurring the expense of the compute itself.

Gnosis (formerly xDai) is an EVM-compatible L1 that pairs a stable gas token (xDAI) with security generated by a network of 350K+ validators. Built-in Safe multisig support and bridge SDKs streamline governance, treasury, and cross-chain UX.

Humanity is a Sybil-resistant blockchain that proves user identities with zero knowledge proofs (protecting user data). It powers bot-free social networks, fraud-resistant transactions, access-controlled venues, and more.

Ink is a DeFi chain built by Kraken to serve as a seamless birdge to DeFi. Built on the Optimism Superchain, Ink is tightly integrated with Kraken's centralized exchange with on/off ramps that connect your app to all of Kraken's user base.

Lens Network is a zkEVM rollup purpose built for LensProtocol's composable social graph. Native handles, follows, and collects are first-class primitives in Lens, letting builders spin up Web3 social apps in minutes.

Linea is a zkEVM rollup developed by Consensys, offering byte-code equivalence to Ethereum. The chain also has tight integrations with other Consensys projects, including MetaMask and Infura. With Linea, you can access sub-second confirmations and native account abstraction while staying inside a familiar Ethereum tooling stack.

Lumia is a modular blockchain framework built to support RWAs (real-world assets) onchain, with cross-chain capabilities and native account abstraction thanks to the PolygonCDK zkEVM. With CEX and DEX liquidity pools from day one, builders can focus on shipping something new instead of working on the liquidity bootstrapping problem.

Mantle is a modular optimistic rollup on Ethereum that integrates EigenDA for low-cost, high-performance data availability, driving down fees without sacrificing security. Backed by the BitDAO ecosystem, Mantle provides a large treasury-supported platform to align liquidity, builders, and governance.

Metis is an optimistic rollup built on Ethereum that introduces native support for DACs—Decentralized Autonomous Companies. The network blends scalability with tools for onchain governance, reputation, and operational coordination.

This is the primary testnet for the Monad chain. Monad is fully compatible with Ethereum while offering 10K+ transactions per second and low gas fees.

OP Mainnet (Optimism) is an optimistic rollup built on the OP Stack, pairing low fees with a governance model that funnels sequencer revenue into public-goods funding. It anchors a fast-growing ecosystem of L2-native apps and is the backbone of the Superchain, a collective of L2 blockchains all built using the OP Stack.

opBNB is Binance's OP-Stack L2, marrying Ethereum's security with BNB chain's large user funnel and deep liqudity. With a deep integration to Binance's infrastructure, opBNB is a fast onramp for consumer apps looking to reach a massive user base.

Polygon PoS is Ethereum’s flagship side-chain offering ultra-low fees and full EVM compatibility, letting mainstream brands like Reddit and Nike reach millions of users. Its broad validator set and deep liquidity make it the default on-ramp to the Polygon ecosystem.

Polygon zkEVM is a zk-rollup with bytecode-equivalence to Ethereum, delivering low fees without changing developer workflows. It allows developers to migrate existing Solidity contracts without changes. As part of the Polygon ecosystem, it inherits Ethereum security while keeping transactions cheap and private, thanks to validity proofs.

Polynomial is a DeFi-focused L2 evolved from one of the first options protocols on Optimism. It specializes in structured products, yield strategies, and capital-efficient DeFi primitives. With EVM compatibility and performance tuning, it offers a tailored stack for advanced financial applications.

Rise is an Ethereum L2 designed to drive speed and high throughput while offering Ethereum finality, with 5ms latency and 100K TPS. This is the primary test environment for Rise, and the team is actively working towards mainnet launch.

Ronin is a gaming-first blockchain developed by Sky Mavis and powers titles like Axie Infinity, handling millions of daily transactions at sub-cent gas fees. Ronin is a proven platform for scaling player-owned game economies.

Rootstock is an EVM-compatible Bitcoin sidechain, bringing Solidity smart contracts to the world of Bitcoin. Users can bridge their Bitcoin into Rootstock and deploy BTC liquidity into Solidity-powered DeFi.

Scroll is a zkEVM rollup offering bytecode equivalence with Ethereum. Developed in close alignment with the Ethereum Foundation, Scroll is designed as censorship-resistant infrastructure for large-scale applications.

Sei is a Cosmos-SDK L1, optimized for order-book DeFi, leveraging parallel transaction processing to achieve 300ms block times. With native price matching, Sei is ideal for bringing the experiences of traditional financial institutions and CEXs onchain.

Settlus provides a transparent settlement system for creators via its L2 chain built with the OP-Stack. Offering programmable payouts, royalty rights, and more, Settlus gives power to the creator economy.

Shape is an Ethereum L2 purpose-built for NFT creators. Creators on Shape can claim 80% of sequencer fees that users spend when interacting with their contracts. Same security as Ethereum, same tech stack, better costs and creator incentives.

Solana is a high-speed blockchain known for its fast transaction processing and low fees, making it a preferred choice for high-volume apps that demand performance. With the second largest developer community, Solana pushes the boundaries of what's possible onchain today.

Soneium is a next-gen, high-performance blockchain built to power DeFi and NFT platforms with low-latency and secure architecture. Designed for developers building cutting-edge blockchain applications, it supports scalable blockchain infrastructure for global dApps.

Sonic is the next evolution of Fantom, a fast, EVM-compatible L1 offering 10,000 TPS and sub-second finality. App developers can also earn up to 90% of the protocol fees generated by their application, making Sonic a founder-friendly chain.

Starknet is a zk-rollup powered by the Cairo programming language, bringing STARK validity proofs to Ethereum for provably scalable computation. Starknet's native account abstraction and recursive proofs open the door to on-chain games and complex DeFi logic.

Story is an EVM-compatible L1 that tokenizes intellectual property into programmable onchain assets, embedding licensing terms, revenue splits, AI-driven derivations, and more. It treats IP as the scarce store-of-value for the coming generative-AI economy

Superseed is a chain designed around self-repaying loans. Built on the Optimism stack, this L2 uses a new financial primitive of "supercollateral" to supercharge DeFi protocols in its ecosystem.

This is the primary testnet for the Tea chain. From the creator of Homebrew, Tea supports the open source software ecosystem by issuing staking rewards to open source maintainers based on a depedency graph weighting, aligning the network with the health and imapct of various OSS projects.

Unichain is an OP-Stack L2 that unifies fragmented onchain liquidity via order flow auction, routing and executing trades at the best prices across all its connected AMMs. Built in oracles and MEV-resistant matching make Unichain a popular settlement layer for DeFi aggregators.

World Chain is an Ethereum rollup powered by Alchemy that connects to World ID, an anonymous identity verification protocol with over 15M verified humans. It natively integrates these anonymous identities to prioritize human transactions with priority block space, gas rebates, and keeping transactions affordable for real users, not for bots.

XMTP Testnet is the developer environment for XMTP, a decentralized, end-to-end encrypted messaging protocol for Web3. It enables secure communication between wallets, ENS names, and apps using shared inbox infrastructure. Developers use the testnet to build wallet-native, interoperable messaging into app experiences.

ZetaChain is a Cosmos-SDK omnichain L1 with built-in cross-chain message passing, letting developers call contracts across Bitcoin, Ethereum and Cosmos zones from a single hub. This focus on multichain interoperability easily enables apps to build across multiple ecosystems without relying on bridges and wrapped tokens.

zkSync Era is an Ethereum zkEVM rollup that emphasizes account abstraction and L2 composability. It offers fast finality, low fees, and secure execution with a developer-friendly UX. zkSync aims to unlock new app design patterns while preserving Ethereum tooling.

Zora is a creator-first, OP-Stack L2 designed for NFTs and media-centric apps. Zora offers free mints, programmable royalties, and protocol modules for drops, editions, and auctions. The chain gained notoriety earlier in the year with the launch of the Zora app (a social feed that enabled creators to launch their own coin and earn for posting).