AltLayer (ALT)

AltLayer supports both optimistic and zero-knowledge rollup stacks, giving developers flexibility over the security model, performance profile, and tooling they want to use. The protocol is best known for its work around rollups-as-a-service and “restaked rollups,” a design that connects rollup systems with restaking infrastructure to add services such as decentralised verification, faster finality, or stronger economic security. This approach is intended to reduce the complexity of launching a rollup while improving the reliability of the networks that are created.

The platform serves teams that want dedicated blockspace for games, DeFi applications, social platforms, enterprise systems, or other high-throughput use cases. Rather than competing only as a general-purpose blockchain, AltLayer provides infrastructure for projects that need their own execution environment but do not want to build every component from scratch.

ALT is the native token associated with the AltLayer ecosystem. It is used within the protocol’s incentive and governance structure, depending on the services and network roles involved. AltLayer’s market position is tied to demand for modular blockchain architecture, the growth of rollup deployments, and the broader adoption of restaking-based security services across crypto infrastructure.