Introducing Astra L2

Astra is a new Stargaze L2 built on Rollkit with Celestia underneath, designed to offer the highest possible throughput for CosmWasm applications. In contrast to Stargaze L1, Astra is permissionless, allowing any CosmWasm smart contract developer to deploy their applications.

Astra will feature the Stargaze suite of apps, including Launchpad and an all-new Marketplace v2. Marketplace v2 allows NFTs to be denominated in various assets beyond STARS, such as ATOM, USDC, and TIA. Existing NFT collections on Stargaze L1, like Celestine Sloths, can be bridged to Astra for high-throughput trading on the new marketplace.

Assets bridged to Astra automatically earn yield. Initially, ATOM and STARS yield will be provided by Stride, facilitated by Hyperlane Yield Routes. Stablecoin yield will initially be provided by Noble, using a new IBC standard that supports rebasing assets. Additionally, Astra will offer native yield in BTC, an industry first, leveraging Bitcoin restaking assets and fees from Bitcoin Ordinals trading on Marketplace v2. Users will benefit from automatic liquid staking without needing to manually stake or understand the process. Smart contract developers can also integrate this yield functionality into their smart contracts.

Astra will use Celestia for data availability, and Stargaze L1 as the liquidity hub.

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About Rollkit

Rollkit is the first sovereign rollup framework that makes launching a sovereign, customizable blockchain as easy as a smart contract.

About Stargaze

Stargaze is a sovereign app chain designed to empower creators, traders, and developers. It enforces royalties onchain for both creators and developers, and offers real yield to stakers. Stargaze offers a suite of apps that compose well with each other, from NFT minting and trading, to more advanced NFT-Fi apps.