Lattice Announces Shutdown: Redstone Will Close on May 16, Users Must Withdraw by the Deadline

Blockchain gaming infrastructure developer Lattice officially announced it is shutting down on April 15, and its Layer 2 network Redstone will be taken offline at 23:59 UTC on May 15. Lattice reminds all users to withdraw their funds before the deadline, especially assets stored in liquidity pools; after the shutdown, only external account balances can be withdrawn via the L1 withdrawal contract, and the funds in the contract will be permanently unrecoverable.

Emergency withdrawal guidance: how funds stored in different places are handled

Before Redstone is shut down, users need to handle funds separately based on where they are stored. If your funds are in a personal wallet address (EOA), after the shutdown you can still withdraw via the L1 withdrawal contract deployed by Lattice, which is relatively more flexible. But if your funds are stored in any contract address—including Uniswap liquidity pools, lending protocols, or other DeFi contracts—then you must manually withdraw them before the deadline; otherwise, these funds will be permanently unrecoverable, and the L1 withdrawal contract cannot handle funds on the contract side.

Lattice’s official statement particularly emphasizes the issue with Bridge funds: if any funds are still stuck in a bridge contract, users need to take action immediately rather than waiting to process them after the L1 withdrawal contract is deployed.

Lattice’s five years: from an autonomous worlds vision to a shutdown decision

Lattice was founded in 2021, with a core vision to build “Autonomous Worlds”—virtual worlds that have an immutable on-chain physics engine and deep player programmability. Over five years, the team developed the MUD framework, the Redstone chain, Quarry, and Dozer, but was unable to turn these tools into a sustainable business model.

By early 2025, Lattice’s cash reserves had almost been depleted. Rather than quietly shutting down, the team decided to put the remaining funds into its last project, the DUST autonomous world. In DUST, players spontaneously built markets, cities, transportation systems, and even a newspaper—validating the possibility of emergence—but the scale was not enough to support commercial operations, and the team also clearly stated that it was uncertain whether venture investment was the right path. Ultimately, the team decided to officially close.

Final destinations of Lattice’s products

MUD Framework: All features are fully complete, has passed OpenZeppelin audits, and is now fully open-sourced. Existing and new projects can migrate MUD worlds across different chains

Redstone (Layer 2): Officially shut down on May 16—please withdraw your funds immediately

Quarry (Wiresaw, 7-millisecond confirmation time): Now open-sourced

Dozer (High-performance MUD indexer): Now open-sourced

DUST Autonomous World: Migrated to the DUST Chain hosted by Conduit.xyz and supported by the Optimism Foundation; speed and cost remain unchanged. Team members will continue developing through 0xPARC

Frequently asked questions

I have funds on Redstone. What is the withdrawal deadline, and how do I operate?

The deadline is 23:59 UTC, May 15, 2026 (07:59 on May 16, Taiwan time). Funds in personal wallets (EOA) can be withdrawn via the L1 withdrawal contract to be deployed by Lattice. But funds in contracts (including DeFi contract assets such as Uniswap liquidity pools) must be manually withdrawn before the deadline; otherwise, they will be permanently unrecoverable.

After Lattice’s MUD framework shuts down, can it still be used?

The MUD framework is fully open-sourced and has passed OpenZeppelin audits, and all functionality is complete. Even if Lattice as a company shuts down, MUD as an open-source tool can still be used continuously. Developers can keep building applications on top of it and use cross-chain migration tools.

Will the DUST game be shut down because Lattice is closing?

No. DUST has migrated to the DUST Chain (hosted by Conduit.xyz and supported by the Optimism Foundation), and speed and cost remain unchanged. Former Lattice team members will continue developing DUST and related autonomous-world projects through 0xPARC.