Layer 2

As mentioned above, scalability is one of the major obstacles to the long-term development of blockchain technology in general and blockchain games in particular. To be able to solve this problem, Firebird intends to leverage a layer 2 solution, ZK-rollups.

Using layer 2 solutions, massive data bundles are delivered off-chain for processing and computation while being collateralized by a smart contract on the main chain. They can produce a block in a short time, with the ability to process thousands of transactions per second.

Another advantage of layer 2 is that data will be reflected in layer 1. This means that even if layer 2 is down, the data is technically guaranteed to be restored as long as layer 1 is active.

Moreover, due to the off-chain storage of data, the ZK-rollups layer 2 scaling solution can save a significant amount of processing power, and less of the blockchain capacity is used for transaction validation. As a result, gas fees decrease, speeding up and lowering the cost of transactions.

To have a deeper understanding of Firebird’s layer 2 solutions, let’s look at the next section, “Zk-rollups layer 2”.