Ancient8 vs Arbitrum Nova

Ancient8 Chain is a gaming-focused community-driven Ethereum Layer 2, powered by the OP Stack and enhanced with Celestia, specifically tailored to tackle the scalability and adoption challenges faced by web3 gaming and consumer DApps. By harnessing the strengths of Optimism and Celestia, Ancient8 Chain prioritizes speed, cost-effectiveness, and providing builders with cutting-edge technology, particularly for on-chain gaming development.

Arbitrum Nova is a high-performance alternative to Arbitrum One's chain. While Arbitrum One implements the purely trustless Rollup protocol, Arbitrum Nova implements the mostly trustless AnyTrust protocol. The key difference between Rollup and AnyTrust is that the AnyTrust protocol introduces an additional trust assumption in the form of a Data Availability Committee (DAC). This committee (detailed below) is responsible for expediting the process of storing, batching, and posting child chain transaction data to Ethereum's parent chain. This lets you use Arbitrum in scenarios that demand performance and affordability, while Arbitrum One is optimal for scenarios that demand Ethereum's pure trustlessness.