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Intro to Catalysis

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What is Catalysis?​

Catalysis is building the first Security Abstraction Layer to aggregate and unify economic security across shared security protocols.

By abstracting away the complexities of shared security, Catalysis provides a seamless, unified solution for developers and node operators to build and manage decentralized networks like AVSs, BVSs and DVNs.

Why build with Catalysis?​

Shared security protocols like EigenLayer, Symbiotic and Satlayer have unlocked a new paradigm for decentralized infrastructure by making it easier to bootstrap decentralized networks (AVSs). However, launching and managing an AVS remains complex and resource-intensive.

Teams must navigate a wide range of challenges. This includes integrating with restaking protocols, configuring slashing and reward mechanisms, managing a node operator set and ensuring cross-restaking protocol composability.

Catalysis eliminates these barriers, making it easier, faster and more cost-efficient to build and operate AVSs.

The key benefits of building an AVS using Catalysis include:

  1. Multi-Ecosystem Security: Seamlessly integrate restaking protocols across major PoS chains like Babylon (Bitcoin), Ethereum and Solana.
  2. Accelerated GTM: Launch faster with developer-friendly SDKs, clear documentation and up to 80% savings on AVS development costs.
  3. Unmatched Economic Security: Tap into $20B+ in combined TVL across restaking protocols - ensuring your AVS has the strongest possible security guarantees.
  4. Composability at Scale: Unlock composable, interoperable crypto-economic security across restaking protocols.
  5. No Vendor Lock-In: Stay flexible with modular integrations, enabling your AVS to expand beyond one ecosystem.
  6. Dynamic Security Rebalancing: Real-time control to allocate and rebalance security across restaking protocols with a single unified interface.
  7. Resilient Infrastructure: Spread risk across multiple restaking protocols, ensuring your AVS is robust and reliable even in adverse conditions across the restaking ecosystem.

It isn't just about simplifying AVS development - it’s about unlocking the full potential of shared security.

Catalysis Architecture Overview​

The Catalysis Network is built on three core components:

  1. Networks – Decentralized services, protocols and applications (AVSs) that leverage shared security for verification and decentralization.
  2. Node Operators – Entities that run network software, perform validation tasks and secure them using the Catalysis stack through restaking protocols.
  3. Restaking Protocols – Also known as shared security protocols, these allow stakers to restake assets (LSTs, ERC-20s, etc.) to provide security for network validation. They function as a marketplace, connecting networks, node operators and stakers.

Simplified Stack