Execution Framework
Why our execution framework starts with Arbitrum Orbit and the key technical benefits it provides
Our choice of Arbitrum Orbit as a rollup framework is driven by five key technical advantages that enhance performance, flexibility, and user experience.
- Fast Block Times
- Superior Latency Performance
- Built-in Customizability
- Stylus WASM Environment
- Bridging Infrastructure
Fast Block Times
Arbitrum Orbit enables significantly faster transaction processing compared to competitors through fast block times, providing a clear performance advantage for users and applications.
- Recommended minimum: 250 milliseconds
- Achievable range: 100-150 milliseconds (with caution)
- Not recommended: Below 100ms, strongly discouraged at 50ms
Superior Latency Performance
Faster transaction receipts, which is what users actually perceive and care about. Block times help for internal chain operations, but end-to-end transaction receipts is what users see/feel.
End-to-end transaction latency: Arbitrum Orbit latency tends to be around one second (1/2 to 1/3 of OP Stack's latency).
Built-in Customizability
Arbitrum Orbit has been designed from the ground up as a customizable foundation. Key customisable components:
- Custom gas tokens: Full support (notably, Optimism has discontinued this feature)
- Sequencing layer: More flexible than OP Stack since it is a more decoupled component from the rest of the tech
- Precompiles: Easy integration and support
Stylus WASM Environment
Arbitrum Orbit's Stylus WASM environment offers significant flexibility for contract development, enabling new possibilities beyond traditional EVM-based chains.
- Language support: Write contracts in Rust alongside Solidity
- Computational advantage: Rust contracts can handle much more complex computation than Solidity alone. (It doesn't increase storage capabilities, but it does increase computation capabilities)
- Use case: Enables functionality that would be impossible or impractical in pure Solidity (e.g. complex, fully onchain NFT metadata generation, advanced cryptography functions like TEE attestation verification)
Bridging Infrastructure
- Native bridge UI: All Arbitrum chains can leverage the same familiar bridge interface
- User benefit: Users interact with a bridge they already know and trust
- Withdrawal management: Flexible options for handling withdrawals (Learn more about how Syndicate handles withdrawals)
Summary
Arbitrum Orbit provides a robust, high-performance foundation with the flexibility we need for customization while maintaining excellent user experience through fast transactions and familiar bridging interfaces.
Sequencing Modules
Modular smart contracts for customizable transaction ordering, permissions, auctions, and cross-chain coordination
Asset Withdrawal
Learn how Syndicate's novel TEE-zkVM withdrawal system enables permissionless, non-interactive bridging between appchains and their settlement chains—eliminating challenge periods while maintaining cryptographic security