Data Availability in Evolve
Data availability (DA) is a core of Evolve's. Evolve utilize's data availability ensures that all transaction data and block information required to verify the chain's state is accessible to anyone running a node or light client.
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How Evolve Handles Data Availability
Evolve is designed to be DA-agnostic, meaning it can integrate with different data availability layers depending on your needs. The main options are:
Local Data Availability (Local DA):
- Used for development, testing, and local deployments.
- Not secure for production, as data can be withheld by the node operator.
External Data Availability Layer (DA Interface):
- Used for production and secure deployments.
- Evolve can post block data to any external DA layer that implements the Evolve DA interface (e.g., Celestia).
- Anyone can verify that the data is available and reconstruct the chain state, depending on the guarantees of the chosen DA layer.
Best Practices
- Use Local DA only for development and testing locally.
- Alternatively, you can use Celestia testnets.
- For production, always use a decentralized DA layer that implements the Evolve DA interface.