Tezos, an open-source blockchain platform, has introduced Tezos X, a suite of technological upgrades set to improve blockchain performance, composability, and interoperability.
The two-year development plan, co-authored by developer teams from Nomadic Labs, TriliTech, and Functori, proposes a major shift by splitting transaction execution into a separate “canonical rollup” supporting multiple programming languages.
Tezos X and Smart Rollups
Tezos X outlines how the main Tezos blockchain will serve as a foundational layer for consensus and settlement, while transaction execution will be managed by the canonical rollup.
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This will hopefully facilitate atomic transactions across smart contracts written in different programming languages and enhance the platform’s versatility.
Tezos developers emphasized that scaling the network has been a priority since 2022.
Central to these efforts are Smart Rollups, a scaling technology that allows a dedicated second layer to execute transactions while ensuring consensus and settlement are maintained by the layer-1 blockchain.
The roadmap also highlights the introduction of a dedicated data-availability layer on the Tezos main network.
Mirroring Ethereum scaling initiatives
The strategy bears similarities to the ongoing Ethereum (ETH) scaling initiatives, where transaction execution is offloaded to auxiliary Layer-2 (L2) networks.
However, Tezos envisions a single rollup handling transaction execution, rather than multiple L2 networks.
This design is expected to scale the network while maintaining decentralization, with interconnected nodes assuming various roles to deliver a smoother user experience.
According to the Tezos X blog post:
“In theory, one rollup is all that’s needed to meet the requirements of all but the most extreme use cases. That’s what Tezos X envisions: the creation of a single canonical rollup able to handle — and massively expand — all activity on the Tezos network.”
The canonical rollup is projected to be implemented by 2026, marking a significant milestone in the evolution of the Tezos blockchain.
This ambitious plan underscores Tezos’s commitment to innovation and its determination to reclaim its position as a leading smart-contract platform.
