Mantle ¹

What is Mantle?

BitDAO's L2 with a massive treasury backing its ecosystem. Still an optimistic rollup but testing ZK upgrade for 1-hour withdrawals. The key difference: $3.9B treasury (from BitDAO merger) funding ecosystem growth, plus first L2 using EigenDA for cheaper data storage and SP1 zkVM on testnet.

Best for: Projects wanting treasury-backed grants/incentives, DeFi needing deep liquidity pools, apps betting on the ZK transition.

Technical: Optimistic rollup transitioning to ZK validity rollup via OP Succinct/SP1, EigenDA for data availability, MNT token.

• Security & Data Availability

  • Still optimistic rollup with 7-day withdrawal period on mainnet.
  • First L2 using EigenDA for data availability (80% cheaper than posting to Ethereum).
  • ZK upgrade with SP1 in testnet, mainnet timeline unclear.

• Infra & Execution

  • Modular architecture: separate execution, DA, and settlement layers.
  • Centralized sequencer (decentralization "on roadmap").
  • MNT as native token, plus mETH/cmETH liquid staking derivatives.

• Performance

  • Sub-cent transaction fees with EigenDA.
  • Standard optimistic rollup throughput currently.
  • After ZK upgrade: 1-hour finality vs 7 days.

• Use Cases

  • Treasury-backed DeFi: $200M EcoFund investing in projects
  • Liquid staking: mETH ($335M+ staked), integrated yield products
  • Stablecoin integrations: Ethena USDe, Agora AUSD, Ondo USDy
  • Bitcoin bridge: fBTC for wrapped Bitcoin liquidity

• Trade-offs

  • Centralized sequencer with vague decentralization timeline.
  • ZK upgrade not live yet — still 7-day withdrawals.
  • Success depends on treasury management and DAO governance.
  • EigenDA adds external dependency and validator assumptions.

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