The public chain drama is far from over.
In the past year, the public chain track has ushered in a series of "rejuvenation" of popularity and topics. Solana is a representative of the road to rebirth, Sui led the rise of the Move ecosystem, and Hyperliquiquit, which has achieved great success before the mainnet is launched, has rekindled the market's imagination in its own way.
At the same time, ease of use and fluidity were placed at an unprecedented level in this process. For this reason, the Supra, which featured "integrated design" and gained a lot of attention in a short period of time, gradually came into the spotlight.
From Oracle to Public Chain, Supra's Vision
If you are unfamiliar with Supra, then I believe you must have heard of the well-known oracle project SupraOracles. Supra evolved from SupraOracles. Because the team has in-depth research on data on-chain and cross-chain and has unique designs, as the project's technical map continues to expand, the team gradually realized that it is difficult to fundamentally solve the pain points of blockchain applications in terms of liquidity, randomness, security and scalability by only focusing on the oracle module. As a result, the vision of "extending from the oracle to a truly high-throughput and high-security L1 public chain" gradually took shape. According to the official introduction, the reason why Supra is determined to move towards the public chain track is that they believe that only by highly integrating the oracle with key modules such as on-chain randomness (dVRF) and cross-chain communication at the bottom layer can it be possible to achieve a "win-win" in performance and security. Once the oracle and automation services are unified to the L1 layer, developers will no longer need to connect to multiple networks or a large number of external protocols, nor will they need to consider various cross-chain or data security risks, which brings great convenience to the implementation of applications. To achieve this goal, Supra not only continues to strengthen its oracle capabilities, but has also made a lot of technical preparations in the underlying public chain and consensus layer, and is committed to creating an "integrated future."
How does Supra build an integrated future?
The market is tired of the old Lego-composability, and pays more attention to safe, reliable, complete and stable systems. And "integration" often means integrating multi-level and multi-module functions into the same network to achieve a balance between security, performance and ease of use. For Supra, the core goal is to enable developers to complete requirements including oracles, cross-chain communication, random numbers (dVRF) and automation on the same public chain, eliminating the trouble of frequently connecting to external protocols or deploying sub-chains. Specifically, Supra has laid a solid technical and economic foundation for the "integrated future" through the following key modules.
Vertical Integration
In traditional blockchain projects, the underlying layer often only provides core consensus, execution, and data availability, while other functions—such as oracles, cross-chain bridges, automated networks, on-chain random numbers, etc.—are completed by external third-party networks or protocols. Although this is flexible, it also causes various integration problems. Developers may need to switch back and forth between multiple networks to conduct compatibility and security audits, which prolongs the development cycle and increases security risks.
Supra uses the concept of "Vertical Integration" to build these key functions directly into the L1 layer: sharing security guarantees in the same consensus environment reduces latency and vulnerability risks in cross-network calls. For developers, this means that applications can easily call services such as random numbers, oracle data, cross-chain communications, etc. in a highly unified ecosystem without having to connect to external protocols multiple times. More importantly, these services are all "born" on the same blockchain and share the same security mechanism at the consensus level, greatly reducing the probability of the "weakest link" causing global risks.
In terms of specific implementation, Supra not only provides a complete set of native cross-chain and oracle solutions, but also makes deep optimizations in data availability and automated execution, ensuring high throughput and sub-second confirmation through a self-developed parallel consensus protocol (Moonshot). With further expansion of functions, Supra's vertical integration can bring more feasibility and guarantees to complex multi-contract interactions, cross-chain transmissions, and decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) operations.
Supra Container
Driven by blockchain application chains and Layer2 thinking, more and more teams hope to have their own governance model and economic system. However, traditional practices often require building a separate side chain or application chain, which means that the project party has to bear the costs of node operation, security audits, and liquidity maintenance. Even with AVS and RaaS, it is still a "thankless" task for many small teams, and it is easy to have an "island effect" and it is difficult to share liquidity with other applications. Not to mention the dispute between the Degen team and Conduit, which led to the migration of the entire Degen L3.
To solve this kind of problem, Supra introduced the concept of "Containers". A container is like a "microchain attached to the main network". Project parties can customize their own token models, governance mechanisms or economic incentive schemes in the container, and maintain a relatively independent operating space. At the same time, the container and the Supra main network maintain a high degree of interoperability: on the one hand, it can share liquidity pools and security consensus with the main network, and on the other hand, the container can also be "plug and play" with the help of the main chain's built-in oracle, cross-chain communication and other functions.
This container model takes into account both flexibility and security, satisfying the project's pursuit of independence without causing liquidity to be split into multiple chains and fragmented. For developers, this means that they can achieve customized operations similar to "application chains" without having to bear the heavy responsibility of node maintenance or security, saving a lot of costs of reinventing the wheel.
IntraLayer: Decentralized Autonomous Agent
Blockchain applications often require an "unattended" automatic execution method: for example, liquidation logic in mortgage lending platforms, exercise triggers in option agreements, and even random drops in games. Traditionally, these functions may rely on an external keeper network or scripts deployed by developers to monitor contract status and perform operations. Although this approach is feasible, there are still potential risks of centralized dependence or network failure, and it also increases the integration burden on developers.
To this end, Supra launched the concept of "decentralized autonomous agent" called IntraLayer, which aims to embed Keeper/Executor-like functions directly into the chain. In other words, nodes in the network can detect the trigger conditions set by the application in a decentralized manner within the chain, and then automatically execute the corresponding contract logic. In this way, dApps only need to register their own automated tasks on Supra, without having to hand over the logic to external scripts or centralized servers.
Since this triggering and execution are all completed in L1, and combined with Supra's unified security and consensus mechanism, IntraLayer is superior in terms of reliability and security. Once the application entrusts the complex automated workflow to IntraLayer, it can use less manpower and resources to maintain a "never offline" self-running system, and also eliminate the worries when external keepers have problems.
Proof of Efficient Liquidity (PoEL) and Dynamic Functional Market Maker (DFMM)
In addition to the high degree of integration in the technology stack, the "integration" of the public chain is also reflected in the linkage between the economic model and the application ecosystem. Supra organically combines network security, node pledge and capital liquidity through the PoEL (Proof of Economic Liquidity) mechanism, encouraging high-quality capital to invest in Supra's main network and liquidity pool. In this way, the security of the node and the financial support of the application work together to form a "win-win" cycle.
Specifically, PoEL allows holders to stake various digital assets on Supra's network and obtain corresponding returns based on asset type and risk exposure. This not only allows the main network to maintain better capital depth in more scenarios, but also improves the robustness of network consensus. With this capital aggregation effect, developers can also more easily obtain depth and users when deploying new applications, thereby expanding the scale of their business.
The "Dynamic Functional Market Maker" (DFMM) that runs with PoEL is the core matching mechanism provided by Supra for on-chain transactions and resource exchanges. Unlike traditional AMMs, DFMMs focus more on dynamically adjusting market-making parameters based on the actual needs and real-time status of the network, so as to more effectively balance capital utilization and liquidity distribution, and reduce impermanent losses or excessive slippage. If combined with the low latency and high throughput provided by Supra at the consensus level, DFMM will have the opportunity to support more complex DeFi scenarios, such as derivatives trading, options market making, etc. The combination of PoEL and DFMM can help new projects quickly connect to the liquidity and user resources of the main network. Compared with those public chain environments that "have technology but lack financial incentives", Supra's integrated design of the financial layer may bring more comprehensive support to developers.
In general, Supra has built a highly integrated public chain from underlying technology to economic models with a series of innovations such as vertical integration, Moonshot consensus engine, containerized design, IntraLayer decentralized proxy, PoEL and DFMM. For developers, this means that key functions such as oracles, cross-chain, automation and random numbers can be easily used in a safe and efficient environment without the need to introduce additional third-party services or deploy cumbersome cross-chain bridges. For investors and nodes, PoEL provides good returns and security for high-quality capital, while the dynamic functional market maker mechanism can drive the prosperity of more DeFi scenarios.
Token Economics
For any public chain, the token economic model is crucial. Supra's token is called SUPRA. Officials say its main uses include paying transaction fees, network staking, and multi-scenario applications such as data access. According to the official introduction, SUPRA will also play an important role in the PoEL (Proof of Economic Liquidity) mechanism in the network, encouraging more high-quality assets to enter Supra's liquidity pool to ensure the stability and security of the network. PoEL encourages participants to pledge a variety of digital assets to the Supra network, obtain corresponding incentive benefits, enhance the ability of nodes to resist risks, and make tokens not only payment and governance tools, but also become the core element of network liquidity.
A team with profound academic background
If the technical architecture reflects Supra's engineering strength, then the academic background further strengthens its voice in the field of cutting-edge cryptography. The project's chief research officer is Dr. Aniket Kate, a cryptographer and one of the inventors of the KZG commitment. KZG commitment technology plays a key role in Ethereum's expansion roadmap and is also an important piece of the puzzle of zero-knowledge proof. The addition of this scholar-founder provides solid academic support for Supra's cutting-edge research and underlying innovation. According to official introduction, the team also brings together other researchers with deep accumulation in cryptography, distributed systems, decentralized storage and other fields, which allows Supra's technology research and development to maintain a higher level at both the algorithm layer and the implementation layer.
Top capital support
In terms of financing, Supra has received over $42 million in funding and has attracted participation from many well-known institutions, including Coinbase, Hashed, UBO, and Animoca. These investors have extensive resources and industry influence in the blockchain field, and have also helped Supra's community building, ecological drainage, and subsequent market promotion. In addition, according to official news, Supra has also cooperated with many well-known projects such as Apechain and Pulme Network to provide support.
Lots of community activities
To promote the development of the industry, Supra has also launched a $100 million super dAPP competition. The team has reserved $100 million worth of tokens to support top dApps built on the Supra platform. All winners of the competition will receive part of this fund to help their projects go online and achieve success.
While building the underlying technology and community ecology, Supra also pays great attention to linkage and promotion with the industry. According to official information, the team participated in or hosted several blockchain summits and hackathons in 2024, and also held AMAs in the community many times. Through these offline and online activities, Supra not only attracted developers and community members from all over the world, but also learned more application scenario pain points in actual conversations in order to better iterate the project roadmap.
Looking at the entire public chain track, a high-performance, scalable, and highly secure monolithic chain is still the ideal answer in the minds of many developers and users, but in the past period of time, various implementation ideas and solutions have been complicated and the competition has been extremely fierce. The emergence of Supra has injected new imagination into this track. They chose to do full-stack integration directly at the L1 level, so that oracles, cross-chain communications, random numbers, and automation can be natively implemented on the main network, trying to simplify development costs and integration risks. With the gradual improvement of the Supra mainnet, whether this integrated framework can truly become a new benchmark for public chains remains to be tested by more practical applications and communities. But at least from the current design concept and architectural thinking, Supra is taking an innovative path that emphasizes both technical integration and economic linkage.
