AIP: Activate Stylus and Enable Next-Gen WebAssembly Smart Contracts (ArbOS 30)
AI summary
This proposal, known as AIP: Activate Stylus, aims to introduce Stylus to the Arbitrum One and Arbitrum Nova networks. Stylus is a new virtual machine that will operate alongside the existing Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), allowing developers to write smart contracts using more efficient programming languages like Rust and C++. This upgrade is designed to make smart contract execution cheaper, safer, and more accessible to a wider range of developers by enabling full interoperability between Stylus and EVM contracts.
If passed, this proposal will significantly expand the capabilities of the Arbitrum ecosystem, potentially attracting a large number of new developers and enabling new types of decentralized applications due to increased efficiency and language flexibility. Developers who prefer languages like Rust or C++ will benefit, and users may see reduced transaction costs for complex operations. There are no clear losers, as the change is additive and maintains EVM compatibility.
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Constitutional Proposal
Abstract
This AIP outlines a path toward activating Stylus on Arbitrum One and Arbitrum Nova. Stylus is an upgrade that introduces a new virtual machine that runs alongside the EVM. This enables developers to write smart contracts in new programming languages, like Rust, that are more efficient than Solidity smart contracts.
Motivation
Stylus is a first-of-its-kind technology resulting from breakthrough engineering efforts in the Arbitrum ecosystem. Unlike other alternative VMs, Stylus is purely additive to the EVM. This means that Stylus contracts and EVM …