Recently, a new concept has emerged in the Ethereum expansion sector - Unstoppable Rollup, a rollup that cannot be closed.
Let's talk about "unstoppable rollup" in detail.
Official website: https://unstoppablerollups.com/
1. What is Unstoppable Rollup?
Unstoppable Rollup does not refer to a single Rollup project, but a new Ethereum expansion paradigm and philosophical positioning, which originates from in-depth discussions within the Ethereum community on decentralization, censorship resistance, and data availability.
Simply put: it is a type of Rollup whose design concept emphasizes "unstoppable". This type of Rollup refuses to rely too much on centralized sorters, emphasizes permissionless operation mechanisms and trustless data availability (DA), and prioritizes users' "escape" rights (exit games) in the most extreme situations.
2. Core Features of Unstoppable Rollup
✅ 1. Censorship Resistance
Nodes cannot arbitrarily reject transactions submitted by users, but users can "force inclusion".
✅ 2. Permissionless Sequencer Mechanism
It does not rely on centralized sorters, but directly uses the main network for sorting, reducing the risk of centralization.
✅ 3. Independent Data Availability (DA) Mechanism
Support data availability solutions other than Layer1, such as EigenDA, Celestia, or use Ethereum’s own calldata to achieve data guarantees.
✅ 4. Permissionless Exit
Users can freely exit and withdraw assets from the Rollup regardless of any failures or attacks.
3. Why does the Ethereum Foundation support the Unstoppable Rollup route?
The Ethereum Foundation attaches great importance to the "decentralization principle" in the research direction of Rollup. Even if some efficiency is sacrificed, it is necessary to ensure that:
Rollup will not become a replica of centralized exchanges
User rights will not be locked in extreme cases
Scaling Ethereum without compromising its core philosophy
Therefore, among the many Rollup architectures, Unstoppable Rollup, as a paradigm aiming at "extreme security and freedom", is highly valued by researchers and core developers.
4. The significance of combining Facet Protocol and Unstoppable Rollup
✅ 1. What is Facet?
Facet is a fork of Optimism that redesigns the convolutional architecture by eliminating all authority actors in the protocol.
While retaining most of the mature features of OP Stack, Facet introduces three fundamental modifications:
Permissionless sorting: Facet does not rely on a permissioned sorter, but instead implements a sort-based approach that allows any participant to include convolutional blocks on L1. This eliminates the need for a centralized sorter.
Contract-free sorting: Facet’s sorting-based operations do not require any L1 smart contract supervision, eliminating upgrade vectors common in other convolutions. This ensures that privileged contracts cannot be used to prohibit transaction processing.
Native gas token: Instead of using bridged ETH like other OP Stack companies, Facet launched its own gas token--Facet Compute Token (FCT). Any participant can equally obtain this native asset (for gas purposes), eliminating the need for privileged bridge contracts to manage L2's native currency.
✅ 2. Facet milestones
Facet V1 will be launched in December 2023, upgrading the inscription technology to a new decentralized Ethereum expansion solution.
2024.11 Facet V2 passed the zellic audit.
Facet V2 will be launched in December 2024, rebuilding the underlying protocol with the same programming language as Ethereum to achieve seamless transfer of ecological applications. At the same time, it will eliminate the centralized authority of the protocol and become a truly decentralized expansion solution.
2025.05 Received funding from the Ethereum Foundation, becoming the only project in the Unstoppable Rollup route to receive funding from the Ethereum Foundation.
✅ 3. Combined meaning
Facet Protocol chooses to deeply integrate with the Unstoppable Rollup route, demonstrating its firm commitment to the Web3 concept of "freedom, fairness, and immutability."
The Facet protocol has always adhered to the concept of "not sacrificing decentralization and trust minimization" since its inception.
As a pioneer and practitioner of the unstoppable Rollup sector, Facet embodies:
The ecosystem finds a new balance between scalability and decentralization
Encourage developers to build truly “unstoppable” open systems
Provide a solid underlying general framework for various Web3 applications
This is not only beneficial to Facet itself, but also pushes Ethereum towards its goal of becoming a true "world computer".
This is not only a major breakthrough in technological architecture, but also an alignment of values.
What the current market needs is not only a faster Rollup, but also a decentralized platform that truly belongs to users, and Facet is taking this path.
Ethereum Foundation retweet link: https://x.com/0xfacet/status/1923061970535895165?s=46
