Ethereum scaled. But it lost something.
• Rollups made Ethereum faster, and fragmented everything that made it magical.
Users split. Liquidity scattered. Contracts stopped talking to each other in the same block.
• DeFi’s “money-Legos” broke apart.
The seamless, atomic UX that defined Ethereum vanished into a maze of bridges and delays.
• Compose (@ComposeNetwork) is how we put it back together.
A composability layer that makes all Ethereum rollups act as one.
• Built by SSV DAO (The team behind @ssv_network securing more than 14% of Ethereum validators and over $20B+ in TVL). Powered by ZK. Powered by Ethereum validators.
Compose coordinates independent sequencers through a Shared Publisher, bringing near instant, atomic transactions across rollups.
• Think of it as a conductor for Ethereum’s rollup orchestra.
Each chain plays its part, but the melody stays in sync.
• One click. Many chains. All or nothing.
If one leg fails, everything reverts. Atomic by design.
• For users: one UX across the entire rollup ecosystem.
No wrapped assets. No bridge hops. Just Ethereum, everywhere.
• For builders: deploy once, reach all rollups.
Write one contract, access every chain.
• For rollups: sovereignty preserved, liquidity shared.
Keep your sequencer.
• For validators: new revenue, new role.
Publish cross-rollup bundles and route interop fees back to ETH.
• ZK-powered proofs keep it trustless, fast, and final.
Instant coordination. Aggregated settlement. Lower gas for everyone.
• This is Ethereum, reassembled.
One ecosystem. One experience. One standard for atomic composability.
• Compose isn’t another L2.
It’s the missing layer that makes every L2 feel like one chain again.
How?
• Built with a Based Shared Publisher architecture that syncs independent sequencers across L2s.
• Each sequencer pre-loads inboxes/outboxes, simulates cross-chain calls, and runs a Two-Phase Commit (2PC).
• If any leg fails, all legs revert. No stranded funds. No partial swaps.
• ZK proofs secure every bundle and publish it back to Ethereum in the same block.
• ERC-4337 compresses the entire flow into one UserOperation. One confirm. Many chains.
• Validators act as neutral publishers, coordinating execution while rollups stay sovereign.
• The result: Ethereum’s “money-Legos” are back instant, atomic, and validator-aligned.
How does this stack up?
• LP bridges rely on liquidity and trust.
• Intent bridges depend on solvers and external markets.
• Compose replaces both with programmatic guarantees:
> No third-party solvency risk.
> No wrapped asset confusion.
> No waiting for finality.
If one leg fails, nothing moves.
That’s true atomicity and it’s what bridges were meant to be.
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