AltLayer history (ALT)
2021 – Founded
Jia Yaoqi founded AltLayer in Singapore.
Vision: build Rollups-as-a-Service (RaaS) for Ethereum scaling. �
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2022 – Early development
Released early whitepaper and started testnet/developer network.
Raised $7.2M seed funding led by Polychain Capital and Jump Crypto. �
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2023 – Product expansion
Expanded RaaS support to multiple rollup stacks like Arbitrum Orbit, OP Stack, and Polygon CDK.
Launched thousands of temporary “Flash Layers” / rollups. �
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2024 – Major growth
Introduced Restaked Rollups using EigenLayer technology.
Launched ALT token (total supply: 10 billion).
Raised $14.4M Series A led by Hack VC and Polychain Capital. �
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2025–2026
Continued focus on:
decentralized sequencing (SQUAD)
fast finality (MACH)
verification (VITAL)
Goal: become a leading modular rollup infrastructure platform. �
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Simple summary:
AltLayer started as a rollup-building platform, then evolved into a restaked rollup infrastructure project with its own token (ALT).
