Understanding Supra: Building a vertically integrated integrated public chain

Supra provides an innovative technological path to solve many challenges in the existing blockchain ecosystem.

Author: Pzai, Foresight News

In the development of the technical architecture of the Block chain, we have experienced from the UTXO model of BTC to the Smart Contract of the ETH workshop, and countless application scenarios have been derived from it. However, in the existing public chain ecosystem, the interoperability between different architectures is becoming increasingly prominent. In response to this challenge, Supra has built a vertically integrated Block chain solution, which provides a vertically integrated Layer 1 platform with all key functions built-in, and adopts the “tribe” and “clan” hierarchical network model and the self-developed Moonshot Consensus engine to enhance the resilience, security and processing speed of the system. This article analyzes how Supra provides an innovative technical path to solve many problems in the existing Block Chain ecosystem from multiple perspectives.

Vertical integration

In the existing blockchain ecosystem, the design concept of many public chains usually integrates Consensus, data availability, and execution functionality into the core network, while delegating other infrastructure (such as Oracle Machine, Cross-Chain Interaction communication, on-chain randomness, etc.) to other protocols, which will lead to increased integration complexity, security risks, and rising development costs. Supra L1 vertically integrates Oracle Machine, Cross-Chain Interaction communication, automation, and on-chain randomness (VRF) inbuilt directly on L1, enabling all services to share consistent security, avoiding latency and security issues in traditional Cross-Chain Interaction communication.

Supra Container: Efficient Combination and Diverse Ecology

Most existing blockchain applications are dependent on the ecosystem, with certain limitations on multi-chain interoperability and Liquidity access. The independence of each application is affected by the execution and economic models, resulting in limited expansion of use cases within a single application. However, dApps built on Supra on-chain utilize containerization technology, allowing for full utilization of the elasticity and flexibility of L2 while maintaining the independence of the AppChain. Within the container, developers can customize governance and incentive models according to their needs, and can leverage the Liquidity advantage of L1 to improve the transaction efficiency of the application. In addition, Supra also provides a variety of vertically integrated services, such as automated networks, random number generators, etc., which can help developers deploy applications more quickly and improve their performance and security.

For the underlying execution of the Block chain, there are various Virtual Machine solutions on the market, and Supra’s Multi-VM design extends the platform’s applicability. Currently, Supra supports multiple mainstream Virtual Machines such as MoveVM and EVM (and will support Solana VM and Cosmos VM in the future). Developers from different ecosystems can easily migrate their applications to Supra, without the need for reprogramming, while taking advantage of high throughput and low latency performance, and improving interoperability between Smart Contracts.

Moonshot Consensus and Proof of Stake

Currently, many L1s are striving to balance throughput and finality, while Supra’s Moonshot Consensus protocol is a random single leader rotation protocol based on Byzantine fault tolerance (BFT) mechanism, and improves transaction processing efficiency through parallelized workflows. The protocol adopts an elastic design that can be adjusted according to different requirements, achieving high throughput of 500,000 transactions per second and sub-second Consensus latency. In addition, Supra also uses formal verification methods to rigorously prove the security of the Moonshot Consensus protocol, ensuring its correctness and reliability.

Moonshot Consensus protocol adopts an optimistic proposal mechanism, where a Node assumes that its proposed Block will be accepted and continues to send requests for the next Block proposal. If other Nodes agree with the proposal, it will be included in the next Block. This allows Nodes to directly enter the next Consensus process with the expected positive result, avoiding unnecessary waiting time. At the same time, since the transmission, ordering, and execution of transactions can run in parallel, it can effectively reduce processing time. This separation mechanism reduces the system’s reliance on honest Nodes, minimizing the proportion of honest Nodes required for Consensus to the lowest level.

“Tribe-Clan” Architecture: Hierarchical Node Management and Parallel Execution

The “Tribes-Clans” Node management architecture adopts a hierarchical and randomized approach to Node management, with Tribes representing a collection of large Nodes and Clans representing a randomly selected collection of small Nodes within the Tribe. The selection of small Nodes within the Tribe is random to ensure that the Byzantine behavior risk at each layer is controlled to a minimum, providing high elasticity and robustness. Meanwhile, Node resources will be dynamically allocated according to demand, and different tasks will be assigned to different Clans for parallel execution. This mechanism ensures that the Supra network can operate normally even in the event of interference with Byzantine Nodes, and improves multi-dimensional computing and execution efficiency. The unique architecture enhances scalability and security through parallel execution at the network and Node levels. The random Node recombination set at L1 ensures security, while the randomness based on VRF increases resistance to targeted attacks.

Left: User transaction flow in Supra, Right: ‘Tribe - Clan’ architecture

PoEL Economic Liquidity Proof Mechanism

PoEL (Proof of Economic Liquidity) is Supra’s unique incentive mechanism, which links participants’ capital risks to incentive mechanisms, designs customized incentive methods based on capital risks and usage, and attracts long-term capital investment in network construction. The mechanism supports the participation of various digital assets in liquidity pools, provides a more diverse source of capital, and mitigates the impact of asset fluctuation on network security through Risk Management measures.

Meanwhile, PoEL allows capital to provide Liquidity in the liquidity pool while earning stake rewards, maximizing capital utilization in multiple scenarios and improving capital efficiency.

Team and project progress

The Supra team has a certain academic foundation, led by the academic team of the Chief Research Officer Dr. Aniket Kate, the inventor and cryptographer committed by KZG. The KZG commitment technology occupies a core position in the ETH expansion roadmap. Supra has just launched the MoveVM Mainnet and will soon release an EVM version. Currently, Supra has launched more than 50 dApps and is in discussions with over 100 dApps, launched a $100 million ecosystem fund, and introduced a community-based project display event called the Super dApp Showdown, where the community and VC judges will select winners each season, and the winners can directly obtain the ecosystem fund.

Conclusion

In the environment of the diverse blockchain ecosystem, users and developers need to integrate at the underlying architecture to access better services. In the current diverse blockchain ecosystem, the interoperability and integration complexity between different public chains have become urgent problems to be solved. As a Layer 1 platform, Supra attempts to provide a solution with built-in key functions through vertical integration and supports multiple Virtual Machines (such as MoveVM, EVM). It aims to facilitate the migration of applications from different technical stacks to its platform, providing developers with a highly flexible and secure Decentralization platform while maintaining good performance. In the future, Supra’s technological innovation will bring more possibilities to developers and accelerate the global application and development of various blockchain applications.