LightLink ¹

The L2 that discovered enterprises want blockchain without gas fees — so they built "Enterprise Mode" where businesses pay so users don't. A startup's answer to corporate blockchain adoption.

Unique Position LightLink solves the actual problem preventing enterprise adoption: nobody wants to buy ETH to use your app. Their Enterprise Mode lets businesses run gasless dApps while maintaining EVM compatibility. Claims 10,000+ TPS through "Optimium architecture" — essentially optimistic rollups with Celestia for data availability instead of Ethereum. The only L2 explicitly targeting B2B use cases over DeFi degens.

Primary Use Cases

• Enterprise applications needing predictable, gasless user experiences
• Gaming platforms where users shouldn't think about gas
• B2B solutions requiring stable transaction costs
• Consumer apps targeting non-crypto native users
• High-frequency applications needing sub-second confirmations

Ecosystem Character Early-stage ecosystem focused on enterprise partnerships rather than DeFi liquidity mining. Lamborghini's Web3 platform chose them, which says more about their B2B pitch than their tech. Community skews toward builders interested in gasless mechanics rather than yield farming. The chain where business requirements trump decentralization maximalism.

Trade-offs

• "Optimium" is just optimistic rollups with cheaper data availability — not revolutionary
• Celestia dependency introduces additional trust assumptions beyond Ethereum
• Limited ecosystem compared to established L2s
• Enterprise Mode creates two-tier system with different trust models
• Small team and limited funding versus VC-backed competitors

Technical Details

Architecture Optimistic rollup using proprietary "Optimium" stack — really just standard optimistic rollups posting data to Celestia instead of Ethereum. Hummingbird light client manages cross-layer communication. Claims architectural separation of consensus, execution, and data availability layers.

Performance
Block times around 0.3-0.5 seconds with theoretical 10,000 TPS by cranking up gas limits. Real-world throughput limited by Celestia's data availability and optimistic rollup constraints. Gasless transactions in Enterprise Mode shift costs to businesses rather than eliminating them.

Security & Trust Model Standard optimistic rollup security with 7-day challenge period, but data availability through Celestia instead of Ethereum reduces security guarantees. Must trust Celestia's validator set alongside Ethereum's. Enterprise Mode requires trusting businesses to pay for user transactions. Centralized sequencer with no clear decentralization roadmap.

Control & Governance Pellar Technology maintains full control over protocol upgrades and sequencer operation. No token governance or community input mechanisms. Open-sourced codebase under MIT license but development remains centralized. Progressive decentralization mentioned without concrete milestones or timeline.