A New Concept from Solana Co-Founder: What is Meta-Blockchain
Date: 2025-05-13 Author: Gabriel Deangelo Categories: BLOCKCHAIN
Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko presented an idea that could change the approach to organizing data in the blockchain environment. He described the concept of meta-blockchain — a model in which data can be stored in different chains and then combined into a single chronological sequence using pre-defined rules.
According to Yakovenko, this idea allows choosing the most cost-effective sources of data availability (DA) at any given time. He explained that a transaction can include links to the headers of the latest blocks of Ethereum, Celestia, Solana, and other networks. Once confirmed in one of the chains, these transactions will be automatically ordered into a common structure, regardless of the source.
It is important that Yakovenko emphasizes: we are not talking about a system similar to torrents or a distributed P2P network. His proposal does not require the creation of a separate network, but only the global agreement on the rules for combining data. This approach, according to the developer, allows avoiding the costs of maintaining your own infrastructure.
However, not all industry participants share Yakovenko's enthusiasm. Nick White, COO of Celestia Labs, noted that the implementation of the concept could cause serious difficulties. He believes that when using such a model, the cost of proving the authenticity of data in cross-chain bridges could increase significantly.
White also mentioned the idea of DA multiplexers - solutions that use data from different DA layers. But he emphasized that for them to work, it is necessary to launch nodes of each chain, and the rules for selecting data become too complex. This, according to him, increases costs and complicates the system, while the benefit from this is minimal.
Kevin Wang, co-founder of Nervos Network, spoke with the opposite point of view. He expressed confidence that the idea of multiplexers will develop, but not on the basis of DA, but through mechanisms for blocking resources or states. In his opinion, metaliquidity models are more valuable because they open up opportunities for monetization. But meta-accessibility of data is more of a way to reduce costs than to make a profit.
ForkLog has previously covered the topic of network abstraction in educational materials - an approach aimed at overcoming the fragmentation of Web3 and improving interaction between different blockchains.
