Thread by @thehiddenmaze

Ignoring this thread will potentially cost you $1,000,000

Why?

It lists 60 NEW Layer 0/1/2 Blockchains and some of them will 20x, 50x or even 100x in the next bullrun.

$Matic, $ADA, $FTM $AVAX

Warning:

You'll need to be familiar with:

- early stage research
- trading
- defi
- macro and blockchain Investing
- onchain analytics

to take full advantage of the opportunities presented below.

Learn those skills first if you're unfamiliar with these terms.

#DEFI

You can lead a horse to water but you can‘t make it drink.

- Some of you will drink $ millions
- Others a couple hundred thousands

But:

The majority will walk back in the desert and be thirsty for their entire life.

How to benefit from this list:

- Protocol Investment
- Ecosystem dApp Investment
- Arbitrage Trading
- NFT Investment/Trading
- Airdrops
- Yield Farming
- Job Opportunities
- Building

- ... endless possibilities.

Pro Tips:

• Learn>Use> Filter by the most common metrics that determine platform growth and adoption

• Limit the projects you research initially. Focus!

• Observe unusual spikes, news, investments.

• Study past project behavior to identify commonalities

Layer 0

@LayerZero_Labs

LayerZero is an omnichain interoperability protocol designed for lightweight message passing across chains. LayerZero provides authentic and guaranteed message delivery with configurable trustlessness.

Funds raised: $135m+

@wormholecrypto

Wormhole V1 was initially conceived as a traditional token bridge between $ETH and $SOL.
However, it quickly grew beyond Solana and token transfers.

It evolved to support an ever-growing list of blockchains.

Layer 1

@SuiNetwork

Sui is the first permissionless Layer 1 blockchain designed from the ground up to enable creators developers to build experiences that cater to the next billion users in web3.

Funding: $336m+
Consensus: Narwhal, Tusk and Bullshark

@5ireChain

5ire is a layer 1 blockchain ecosystem designed with economic and environmental sustainability at its core.

They are one of India’s fastest-growing unicorns, enabled by a community from all over the world.

Funding: $250m+
Consensus: Sustainable Proof of Stake

@AleoHQ

Aleo is the first platform to offer fully private applications.

They achieve this by leveraging decentralized systems and zero-knowledge cryptography to protect user data on the web.

Funding: $228m+
Consensus: Proof of Succinct Work

@worldcoin

Their goal is to become the largest and most inclusive cryptocurrency network in the world by giving Worldcoin to everyone, for free.

Funding: $125m+
Consensus: Proof of Personhood

@CelestiaOrg

- first modular blockchain network

It allows sovereign blockchains to break free from the constraints of monolithic architectures so they can build with flexibility and freedom on their own terms.

Funding: $56m+
Consensus: Proof of Stake (Tendermint BFT)

@SeiNetwork

Sei is the first sector-specific Layer 1 blockchain, specialized for trading to give exchanges an unfair advantage

Funding: $55m+
Consensus: Twin Turbo (Tendermint)

@ParallelChainLB

ParallelChain is a public + private layer-1 blockchain protocol building an accountable, fair and solid backbone infrastructure for the digital economy.

Funds raised: $50m+
Consensus: Proof of Immutability

@partisiampc

Most advanced layer 1 blockchain to allow for both public and private decentralized computations. They provide an extra layer of data protection on the blockchain. Users can control access to their data through ZK Computations.

Funding: $45m+
Consensus: PoT

@NetworkSubspace

The Subspace Network lets developers run Web3 apps at Internet scale. It provides a simple interface for quickly deploying multi-chain decentralized apps that auto-scale with demand.

Funding: $33m+
Consensus: Proof of Capacity

@ironfishcrypto

They're building a L1 blockchain to become the universal privacy layer for all of web3

Using zero-knowledge proofs and the highest industry standards for encryption, they enable users to have fully private transactions

Funding: $32m+
Consensus: Proof of Work

@anomanetwork

Anoma is a fabric of protocols and mechanisms for self-contained and self-sovereign coordination.

Their main goal is to facilitate private transactions using any digital representation of value, regardless of by whom it was issued by

Funding: $30m+
Consensus: PoS

@oasys_games

It is an EVM-Compatible protocol that adopts the Oasys Architecture. This unique architecture consists of a multi-layered structure: Hub-Layer, a highly scalable L1; and Verse-Layer, a special L2 using Ethereum's L2 scaling solution.

Funding: $20m+
Consensus: PoS

@shardeum

Shardeum is an EVM-based, linearly scalable smart contract platform that provides low gas fees forever while maintaining true decentralization and solid security through dynamic state sharding.

Funding: $18m+
Consensus: PoS + PoQuorum

@OnomyProtocol

Layer 1 blockchain built using the CosmosSDK. It leverages the Inter-Blockchain Communication Protocol to bridge with other Cosmos chains. Additionally, the Arc Hub integrates other blockchain ecosystems with Onomy as a hub.

Funding: $15m+
Consensus: PoS

@theunitnetwork

It is a layer 1 blockchain built using the Substrate framework by Parity Technologies / Web3 Foundation. It provides the technological and economic infrastructure for mainstream adoption of the Token Economy

Funding: $13m+
Consensus: Nominated Proof of Stake

@gear_techs

It's an advanced WASM based smart contract platform capable of being deployed as a Kusama and Polkadot parachain , that enables developers to deploy their dApps in under 5 minutes in the easiest and most efficient way possible.

Funding: $12m+
Consensus: PoS

@KYVENetwork

KYVE allows developers and applications to store and retrieve any data stream. Fully decentralized, validated, and efficient.

Funding: $11m+
Consensus: PoS

@WormholesChain

They solve the blockchain trilemma, by building the technology to achieve the ideal balance, creating a highly scalable and secure blockchain system that doesn't sacrifice decentralization.

Funding: $10m+
Consensus: Dynamic Random Election

@QuaiNetwork

Quai is a scalable, EVM compatible network of merge-mined blockchains enabling fast, accessible, and low-cost decentralized finance.

Funding: $10m+
Consensus: PoW 2.0

@NibiruChain

Nibiru is a sovereign proof-of-stake blockchain, open-source platform, and member of a family of interconnected blockchains that comprise the Cosmos Ecosystem.

Funding: $7.5m+
Consensus: PoS (Tendermint BFT)

@peaqnetwork

peaq enables people to build dApps for vehicles, robots and devices, while empowering dApp builders and users to govern and earn from machines providing goods and services to people and other machines.

Funding: $6m+
Consensus: Nominated Proof of Stake

@linera_io

Linera aims to be the first web3 infrastructure that guarantees low latency and low fees at any scale. With linear scaling, the capacity of the system can always be adjusted to meet the demand in user transactions.

Funding: $6m+
Consensus: PoS (Tendermint)

@MassaLabs

Massa uses a multithreaded block graph allowing nodes to create blocks in parallel and process 10’000 transactions per second.

With this block structure, Massa is the first blockchain technology to solve the trilemma.

Funding: $5.8m+
Consensus: PoS (Nakamoto)

@Minima_Global

Minima is a blockchain and peer-to-peer network designed to be accessible to as many people as possible

-Compact enough to run on mobile and IoT devices
-Quantum resistant and secured by every single one of its users

Funding: $5.6m+
Consensus: Transactional PoWv

@tectumsocial

A distributed ledger protocol platform that employs the proprietary record change signature management algorithm.

Their technology exceeds 1 million transactions per second, and provides instant event status delivery.

Funding: $5.2m+
Consensus: Proof of Utility

@Odsyxyz

Odsy provides a secure, programmable, decentralized access layer to all of web3 through dynamic, decentralized wallets (dWallets)

Funding: 5m+
Consensus: TBAv

@PrasagaOfficial

A next-generation, layer-one blockchain – built to avoid limitations faced by other blockchains, and fully supported by an ecosystem of tools and global communities.

Funding: $4m+
Consensus: PoS, PoW, Distribtued PoWv

@Caduceus_CMP

Caduceus is the world's first blockchain dedicated to Metaverse development. It is a distributed ledger based platform with unique technology that makes deploying and running Metaverse applications much more efficient.

Funding: $4m+
Consensus: Metagraph

@RedbellyNetwork

Uniquely suited to assets in a regulated market, Redbelly is the bridge between today’s regulated economy and tomorrow’s web3 economy.

Funding: $3.6m+
Consensus: Democratic Byzantine Fault Tolerance

@humanode_io

Humanode is the first crypto-biometric network where One human = One node that brings Sybil resistance to crypto using biometric technology.

Funding: $3m+
Consensus: Proof-of-Uniqueness and Proof-of-Existence

@mysardis

Their financial ecosystem will consist of an interconnected series of stable coins pegged to fiat currencies each supported by its own dedicated blockchain.

Funding: $0.75m+
Consensus: Hybrid Proof of Stake

@KandolaNetwork

Kandola Network is a Decentralized Blockchain for Real-Time Messaging & General Purpose Transactions

Funding: $0.5m+
Consensus: Proof of Real Time Transfer

@munblockchain

The goal of MUN is to offer free P2P transfers for humankind by disrupting a $900B remittance industry

Funding: $0.5m+
Consensus: Delegated Proof of Stake (Tendermint)

@0LNetwork

A new Layer 1 blockchain protocol. It is open, permissionless, and community governed.

Combining state of the art blockchain technology with truly decentralized governance.

This is a community-driven project.

Funding: $0m
Consensus: Libra BFT

@zetablockchain

ZetaChain is the foundational, public blockchain that enables omnichain, generic smart contracts and messaging between any blockchain. They solve the problems of “cross-chain” and “multi-chain”

Funding: NA
Consensus: PoS

@berachain

Berachain is an EVM-compatible layer one blockchain, built using the Cosmos SDK, and secured by the novel Proof-of-Liquidity Consensus Protocol.

Funding: NA
Consensus: Proof of Liquidity

@monad_xyz

Their new blockchain is built to process 10,000 tps with 1s block times and instantaneous finality, all while preserving full EVM compatibility for apps and infrastructure.

Funding: NA
Consensus: PoS

@_gnoland

Interoperable Concurrent Smart Contracts that scale by utilizing #gnolang on #cosmos

Funding: NA
Consensus: TBA

Layer 2

@zksync

zkSync is a ZK rollup, a trustless protocol that uses cryptographic validity proofs to provide scalable and low-cost transactions on Ethereum. In zkSync, computation is performed off-chain and most data is stored off-chain as well.

Funding: $458m+
Scaling: Zk Rollup

@StarkWareLtd

StarkNet is a permissionless decentralized Validity-Rollup (often referred to as ZK-Rollup). It operates as an L2 network over Ethereum, enabling any dApp to achieve unlimited scale for its computation

Funding: $270m+
Scaling: ZK Rollup

@Liquid_BTC

The Liquid Network is a Bitcoin layer-2 solution enabling the fast, confidential settlement and issuance of digital assets, such as stablecoins, security tokens, and other financial instruments, on top of the Bitcoin timechain.

Funding: $250m+
Scaling: BTC Sidechain

@arbitrum

It is a technology suite designed to scale Ethereum. You can use Arbitrum chains to do all things you do on Ethereum — use Web3 apps, deploy smart contracts, etc., but your transactions will be cheaper and faster.

Funding: $123m+
Scaling: Optimistic Rollup

@fuellabs_

Fuel began as a layer-2 scaling tec for $ETH at the end of 2020

Today, Fuel is the fastest modular execution layer. It delivers the highest security and flexible throughput, with a focus on a superior developer experience

Funding: $81.5m+
Scaling: Optimistic Rollup

@neonlabsorg

Neon EVM is a synergetic solution for anyone looking to scale Ethereum dApps on Solana in a developer-friendly manner and tap into Solana's vibrant ecosystem.

Funding: $40m+
Scaling: Solana L2

@EspressoSys

A layer 1 blockchain that combines proof-of-stake consensus and a ZK-Rollup mechanism to achieve high throughput and low fees.

Funding: $32m+
Consensus: PoS

@Scroll_ZKP

Scroll Tech aims to build an EVM-compatible zk-Rollup with a strong proving network.

Funding: $30m+
Scaling: ZK Rollup

@mintlayer

They empower $BTC with a sidechain

A future-proof blockchain that improves direct token interoperability and enables ways to trade value, create systems, functionalities, and participate in truly trustless finance.

Funding: $18m+
Scaling: BTC Sidechain

@aztecnetwork

Aztec Network is the first private ZK-rollup on Ethereum, enabling decentralized applications to access privacy and scale.

Funding: $17m+
Scaling: ZK Rollup

@EclipseFND

The first customizable modular rollups, using the Solana VM. Backed by @polychain, Tribe Capital, @SolanaFndn, @CelestiaOrg and more.
and more.

Funding: $15m+
Scaling: Modular Rollup

@zecreyprotocol

Zecrey is a layer 2 scaling protocol based on zkRollup technology to safeguard users' ownership of their assets and ensure that the security of the system is as strong as the underlying mainchain.

Funding: $10m+
Scaling: ZK Rollup

@alt_layer

AltLayer is a system of highly scalable application-dedicated execution layers that derive security from an underlying L1/L2. It is designed as a modular and pluggable framework for a multi-chain and multi-VM world.

Funding: $7m+
Scaling: Optimistic Rollup

@Myria

Scaled by StarkEx L2 engine, it is built to scale NFTs, blockchain gaming and more. They offer instant trade confirmation, 0 gas fee when minting and trading NFTs without compromising the security of users' assets.

Funding: $5.9m+
Scaling: ZK Rollup

@accumulatehq

Accumulate is an identity-based blockchain protocol with multi-chain support, human-readable addresses, and key hierarchies.

Funding: $3m+
Scaling: Sidechain

@Milkomeda_com

Milkomeda delivers rollup technologies to leading Layer 1 ecosystems by offering the most popular smart contracting language, Solidity, while enhancing inter-blockchain interoperability, user experience, and developer traction.

Funding: $3m+
Scaling: AI Rollups

@obscuronet

Obscuro is a layer 2 solution for Ethereum that brings privacy and scale. It ensures the inputs, contract state and execution are always encrypted. No changes to dApps, just migrate and gain privacy.

Funding: $2.5m+
Scaling: Confidential Rollups

@TusimaNetwork

Tusima is a zk-rollup-based multi-chain privacy financial network that integrates zero-knowledge proof and multi-chain interoperability. Its goal is to become a privacy financial infrastructure for Web 3.0.

Funding: NA
Scaling: ZK Rollup

@orbisproject

Orbis is a layer 2 zk-rollup scaling solution on Cardano built to support decentralized finance applications and a thriving blockchain ecosystem.

Funding: NA
Scaling: ZK Rollup

@Nitro_Labs

Nitro is building a modular scalability engine for SVM rollups. This unlocks new possibilities for chain architecture, such as Nitro’s first rollup, SVM on Cosmos.

Funding: NA
Scaling: Optimistic Rollup

@0xMantle

Mantle is a high-performance Ethereum layer-2 network built with modular architecture delivering low fees and high security.

Funding: NA
Scaling: Modular

A big shoutout to @BlockVerseCap that provided a summary of all upcoming projects and to @1_Point_618 that added a more projects to the list.

Also a big thank you to all my fellow defi degens that push everyday to make the web3 world a better place:

@rektdiomedes
@_FabianHD
@DeFi_Cheetah
@phtevenstrong
@Dynamo_Patrick
@JackNiewold
@DeFiMann
@0xngmi
@0xFlips