Chain Abstraction: The next frontier of Web3 UX enhancement

The web3 Space is experiencing exponential growth, with hundreds of blockchains and over 10,000 decentralized applications (dApps) today. However, this proliferation has introduced a plethora of tokens, bridges, swaps, and gas fees significantly complicating the user experience.

Users are now tasked with managing assets across multiple chains, each with its own rules for transactions, dApps, and gas fees. This complexity has become a daily reality for many power users, who navigate a maze of tasks, including switching networks, bridging, funding gas, and juggling assets across various chains. Simple transactions, like sending a token from one wallet to another, require users to ensure they are on the correct chain, hold the right assets, and handle fluctuating gas fees.

The billions of weekly transactions underscore the enormity of these challenges through Web3 bridges alone. Simplifying and streamlining these interactions is crucial for blockchain’s continued growth and mass adoption.

Introducing Chain Abstraction

Chain abstraction is a pivotal concept in Web3 aimed at simplifying and unifying interactions across different blockchain networks. By creating a standardized interface, chain abstraction enables decentralized applications that can operate seamlessly across multiple blockchains without needing to understand the specific details of each one. With chain abstraction, users can operate across any blockchain, using any token to fund transactions or pay for gas fees, without concerning themselves with the specific details of the network.

Analogous to Stripe for blockchain, chain abstraction provides a seamless, unified interface where the blockchain's complexity is handled in the background, invisible to the end user. This simplifies the user experience, making blockchain technology accessible to a broader audience.Scenario 1 (Today’s Norm)

Scenario 2 (With Chain Abstraction)

Benefits of Chain Abstraction

Chain abstraction offers several key benefits:

• Simple: Chain abstraction makes the blockchain experience more straightforward and user-friendly by removing the need to interact with multiple interfaces and manage various blockchain-specific nuances.
• Accessible: It lowers the barrier to entry for new users who might be intimidated by the technical aspects of blockchain technology, reducing their learning curve.
• Efficiency: It reduces the time and effort required to perform cross-chain operations, allowing users and developers to focus on the blockchain's utility rather than its mechanics.
• Fragmentation of Funds: Users no longer need to split their funds across multiple wallets or chains, reducing the risk and complexity of managing a diversified crypto portfolio. This also enhances liquidity. 
• Interoperable: Chain abstraction means that developers can build applications that are not limited to the capabilities or assets of a single blockchain, thereby enhancing functionality and user reach.
• User experience (UX): By eliminating a few steps, chain abstraction improves the multifold user experience. Especially for users who aren’t familiar with Web3
• Developer experience: Developers can focus on building their applications' core functionality without dealing with the intricacies of each blockchain network or token standard, improving their productivity and reducing the time to market for new Web3 
• applications.
• Future-proof development: Developers can easily add support for new chains, tokens, and smart contracts without changing the entire app. 

Arcana Network’s plan with Chain Abstraction

As Arcana Network continues to simplify the Web3 experience, we are excited to announce our focus on chain abstraction, building on the success of Arcana Auth and Arcana Gasless. Our goal is to address Web3 complexities by becoming a modular Layer 1 for chain abstraction and intents.

Our decentralized MPC Network with Distributed Key Generation (DKG) forms the foundation for our future endeavors, including a decentralized Validium in Q3/Q4. This will enable multiple node sets for various use cases, paving the way for a more decentralized and efficient network.

Arcana's unique approach addresses chain liquidity fragmentation. Unlike current cross-chain networks, we aim to abstract chain complexities, allowing tokens to remain in user wallets while authorizing transactions on their behalf. This not only streamlines user experience but also enhances liquidity across chains.

Our decentralized signing mechanism is a standout feature. Our MPC network can sign transactions alongside users' signatures, making it one of the fastest and most decentralized providers.

The ultimate value lies in executing transactions seamlessly from any dApp across supported chains. With less developer integration needed, we offer a direct pathway for user adoption in the Web3 landscape. Our suite of products serves as the foundation for a production-ready chain abstraction protocol, positioning us at the forefront of blockchain innovation.

As more rollups and app chains emerge, the demand for chain abstraction will grow. We are committed to meeting this demand and revolutionizing how users interact with decentralized applications and blockchain networks. Stay tuned for more updates on our journey.