Sundae Labs Publish Gummiworm Specification for Cardano

Sundae Labs don publish di technical specification for Gummiworm, one Cardano Layer 2 protocol wey dem design for applications wey need process transactions but still keep funds connect to di base chain.

Di document explain di protocol architecture and how e take handle transaction confirmation, withdrawals, and how funds go return if consensus stop. E still show development roadmap for Sugar Rush, di first exchange wey build on top Gummiworm.

How Gummiworm Take Separate Execution and Custody

Gummiworm share work between two groups of participants. One small set of nodes wey dem call di head dey arrange and execute application transactions, while another group wey dem call di coil dey verify wetin happen and join for authorizing transfers on Cardano.

Users dey deposit funds through di Cardano base chain, then dem fit transact inside di Layer 2 environment. Withdrawals need signatures from di head and di coil participants wey di protocol require under im rules.

Di specification still describe fallback process to return funds if di system no dey reach consensus again. For that time, di protocol go switch to rules based mechanism wey go share funds according to di recorded state.

Gummiworm develop side by side with Hydrozoa, one independent project wey explore lighter approach to di problem wey Hydra dey address. Sundae Labs talk say Gummiworm and Hydra dey target similar scaling needs but dem no share di same code.

Sugar Rush Dey Test Order Book on Top Gummiworm

Sugar Rush apply di protocol to one exchange wey build around central limit order book. Users go place buy and sell orders, and di exchange go match dem based on di terms wey users specify.

During one public competition, participants deposit 10 ADA each for Cardano mainnet and trade fictional tokens for two week period. Dem finalize di head after di test, and participants deposits return back.

Sundae Labs still publish results from earlier performance tests. For one informal single node test of di Gummiworm head, di team measure about 3,400 transactions per second on average, with peak around 4,000. Dis measurements dey describe di earlier test setup, no be di full public competition.

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Sundae Outline Di Next Development Stages

Di roadmap point coil consensus, Intel TDX privacy features, data persistence and crash recovery as planned additions to di first production focused version of Gummiworm.

After more testing, Sundae Labs plan to launch Sugar Rush as trading venue with one market making partner and selected group of coil participants. Di team dey expect make dem run dat version for about six months to one year, so dem fit practice di fund evacuation process before dem introduce more changes.

Later plans include EVM based Layer 2 ledger, Midnight as alternative base chain and open coil network. Sundae Labs present di roadmap as di direction wey dem intend for development and dem never put dates for dose stages.