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SHARED VALIDITY SEQUENCING

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Summary from the TLDR Crypto newsletter

This write-up explains how Ethereum's scaling future may depend on rollups, a shared sequencer architecture designed to improve atomic cross-rollup interoperability. The current rollup solution faces issues with centralized sequencers and a lack of effective solutions for interoperability between optimistic rollups. Shared Validity Sequencing is a decentralized model of sequencing, intended to allow atomic bridging of tokens and enable cross-chain actions. In this design, the technology can serve entire rollup ecosystems with unified layers of native assets. Among the advantages, this solution promises enhanced sovereignty for applications, flexible pricing for locks, and immediate sharding possibilities.