This week DIN spotlights EigenCloud, the new developer platform from Eigen Labs that extends blockchain-grade trust and verifiability to any application, on-chain or off-chain. Built on top of the EigenLayer restaking protocol and secured by the $EIGEN token, EigenCloud unifies third-party Autonomous Verifiable Services (AVSs) with first-party primitives such as EigenDA (data availability) and verifiable compute.

What EigenCloud Solves

Most dApps still rely on centralized infrastructure for heavy computation or data availability, losing the cryptographic guarantees that make blockchains valuable. EigenCloud fixes this by giving developers a “verifiable cloud” where every API call, data store, or off-chain workload inherits crypto-economic security from restaked ETH and EIGEN. AVSs plug into EigenCloud for slashing, rewards, and dispute resolution, making trust portable and programmable across Web3 and Web2 environments.

Why DIN Chose EigenCloud

DIN launched its decentralized RPC marketplace on EigenLayer to tap into the same slashing and reward mechanics that power EigenCloud. By anchoring service-level guarantees in restaked collateral, DIN can:

• Enforce uptime SLAs for critical RPC traffic

• Guarantee latency with economic backing

• Offer tiered service levels without manual policing

• Publish verifiable performance metrics that builders can audit

EigenCloud views DIN as a model AVS that showcases how restaking aligns incentives among permissionless providers and end users.

How the Technologies Complement Each Other

• EigenCloud supplies the crypto-economic backbone with staking, slashing, rewards, and on-chain proofs.

• DIN focuses on developer experience through smart routing, multi-provider fail-over, and a permissionless marketplace for RPC.

Together they create a full-stack solution where infra performance is both measurable and economically enforced.

To learn more about EigenLayer slashing, our very own Tom Hay (DIN Head of Product) talks with Matt Nelson (Head of Product in EigenCloud) in this EigenLayer, Infura, and LayerZero conversation:

Milestones So Far

• DIN is live on the EigenLayer testnet with slashing enabled, giving early node operators a sandbox to prove reliability before mainnet.

• Reward distribution begins soon, letting DIN providers earn directly from restaked incentives while builders gain trustless service guarantees.

• Community interest has surged after EigenLabs secured an additional $70 million token purchase from a16z to accelerate EigenCloud adoption.

What Comes Next

• Mainnet launch: DIN plans to migrate to EigenCloud mainnet with slashing and rewards fully active. Date is planned for Q4 2025 as we’re completing DIN AVS code review.

• Expanded primitives: Future AVSs on EigenCloud including verifiable compute, data feeds, AI agents plans to plug into DIN’s gateway, giving builders a single entry point for many trust-minimized services.

• Shared analytics: Both teams will explore real-time dashboards showing how restaked collateral backs RPC performance and other AVS workloads.

Final Thoughts

EigenCloud and DIN together demonstrate that decentralization can scale without sacrificing reliability or developer experience. By uniting crypto-economic security with a permissionless service marketplace, they set a new standard for how Web3 infrastructure should work.

Explore More

• DIN Whitepaper and Gateway Program → din.build

• EigenCloud launch details → blog.eigencloud.xyz

• EigenCloud documentation → docs.eigencloud.xyz