Ethereum (ETH) scalability infrastructure developer Polygon has announced the rollout of a general-purpose, scalable data availability solution called Avail.

According to a release issued on Mon, Polygon revealed that Avail will function as a information available tool for execution layers like sidechains, standalone networks, and layer-two protocols.

One of the major hurdles for constructive blockchain scaling is the information availability problem. Malicious actors tin broadcast blocks to the network with incomplete data and other participants will be none the wiser.

To tackle this trouble, the Polygon squad stated that Avail utilizes erasure coding and polynomial commitment to gainsay data encoding fraud proofs by creating a two-dimensional data availability layer.

Rather than creating their ain data availability protocols, execution layers can offload the role to the Avail layer with the latter acting every bit a secure data hosting site.

For standalone chains, interfacing with Polygon'south Avail volition reportedly enable these networks to rely on the latter's validator security protocols. Thus, these chains will be able to solve the data availability problem without needing to run their own validator prepare.

For layer-two protocols, the announcement revealed that scaling solutions like Validium can expand their scalability throughput by deploying Avail to secure the data availability role offline.

Commenting on Avail's importance within the context of ongoing efforts to boost blockchain scalability, the annunciation quoted Polygon co-founder Anurag Arjun as stating: "Avail is a primal component of a new epitome in which blockchains will work in the future."

"Nosotros believe off-concatenation scaling solutions and standalone bondage will crave a robust scalable data availability solution and we are excited to be working on this trouble," the Polygon co-founder added in the release.

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Polygon'southward popularity continues to exist a growing trend inside the crypto and blockchain infinite with an expanding user base of operations that reportedly hosts 1.4 meg unique users. Popular decentralized finance staples like Aave and SushiSwap take besides established a presence on Polygon.

Cantankerous-chain liquidity protocol Ren has also recently created a bridge to allow users and projects to port their Ren-based wrapped tokens to the Polygon ecosystem. Back in May, the team released a software development kit to enable developers to create Ethereum-compatible standalone chains besides as layer-two protocols.