Arbitrum 101:
The Digital Sovereign Nation
Arbitrum operates as a sovereign onchain ecosystem–open, adaptive, and economically self-reinforcing. Learn how its technology and governance frameworks enable new forms of coordination and growth across the digital economy.
Explore the EcosystemTwo Paths For Unrivaled Potential
Arbitrum's dual-product offering provides ultimate flexibility for every company, from mass-market applications leveraging shared liquidity to customized chains for specialized use cases.
Arbitrum One
The Flagship Network
Arbitrum One is an ecosystem hub for economic activity, offering a combination of Ethereum's security with the speed and low costs for applications to thrive. For builders, it is the ultimate environment to launch and scale with confidence.
BENEFITS:
- Onchain Epicenter: Launch into a dense concentration of capital, users, and integrated protocols across Finance, Consumer, and Gaming.
- Battle-Hardened: Deploy on the network that’s been rigorously tested by time, traffic, and billions in assets.
- Innovation at Heart: Access next-gen features like Stylus to write contracts in Rust, C, or C++.
Arbitrum Chains
Opinionated Blockspace for Specialized Visions
Go beyond shared environments. Arbitrum empowers you to deploy a fully customized chain precisely engineered for your environment’s unique needs, while remaining connected to the broader Arbitrum ecosystem.
BENEFITS:
- Custom Gas Tokens: Use any ERC-20, including your own project token.
- Data Availability: Choose Rollups for maximum trustlessness or AnyTrust to keep data costs ultra-low.
- Settlement Layer: Launch an L2 that settles on Ethereum, or an L3 that settles on an Arbitrum One or non-Arbitrum chains like Base.
- Chain Ecosystem: 40+ live Arbitrum chains demonstrate flexibility and maturity.
The Flywheel:
Powering Perpetual Innovation
Arbitrum's unique economic model is built for continuous growth across the ecosystem and its constituents.
Decentralized Governance
The Arbitrum DAO votes on protocol upgrades and stewards the ecosystem treasury, enabling true self-sovereignty.
Reinvesting Revenue
Arbitrum One produces onchain transaction and timeboost fees which are captured by the Arbitrum DAO.
Strategic Treasury
Assets are actively deployed into initiatives that drive demand and foster new economic zones of opportunity, reinforcing long-term growth.
Accelerating Growth Through
Programs & Ventures
Beyond the technology, Arbitrum actively fosters ecosystem growth, nurturing the next generation of onchain leaders.
DeFi Renaissance Incentive Program
DRIP is designed to support targeted DeFi growth on Arbitrum One, with season-based ARB allocations defined by the program and governance.
Learn MoreArbitrum Gaming Ventures (AGV)
A 200M ARB fund dedicated to fostering the growth of studios, apps, and chains across the gaming sector.
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Onchain Labs
Advising on product and go-to-market strategy for groundbreaking onchain companies.
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Arbitrum DAO Grants Program
Ongoing support through structured grant programs for a wide range of ecosystem projects.
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The Arbitrum Stack
At the heart of Arbitrum is the Arbitrum Stack, the high-performant and customizable technical foundation supporting thousands of applications and chains.
Chain SDK
The Chain SDK gives you the power to design and launch a custom blockchain, with full control over its architecture, from chain type to settlement layer.
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App Tooling
A flexible toolset for building on Arbitrum, whether you’re writing smart contracts in Solidity or Rust (via Stylus), connecting to data, or enabling cross-chain messaging.
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Universal Intents Engine (Coming SOON)
Access tokens and use apps across the entire Arbitrum ecosystem from a single user interface.
Case Studies
Real-World Impact with Arbitrum
See why industry-leading enterprise teams are choosing Arbitrum.
Robinhood is realizing the crypto vision
How Lit Protocol Coordinates Decentralized Key Management with Stylus
How Variational is Reinventing Derivatives Onchain with Arbitrum
How Talos is Using Arbitrum to Build the First Fully Autonomous Treasury
USD.AI: Accessible AI Infra Financing
GMX: An In-Depth Look at Arbitrum’s Leading Permissionless Exchange for On-Chain Leverage Trading
El Dorado’s Stablecoin-powered SuperApp is Driving Tether Adoption on Arbitrum in LATAM
Rho on Arbitrum: Bringing Interest Rate Derivatives Onchain
Governance & ARB Token
The ARB token is the heartbeat of Arbitrum’s digital sovereign nation, empowering tokenholders with governance over the protocol, treasury, and strategic direction.
ARB Governance Token
The ERC-20 token grants power within the Arbitrum DAO to propose and vote on protocol upgrades, treasury allocations, and new Arbitrum Chains.
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Arbitrum DAO Treasury
A diverse treasury accumulating revenue from core protocol functions, controlled by ARB tokenholders and deployed to support ecosystem growth.
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Security Council
Six members are elected by the Arbitrum DAO biannually, overseeing technical risks and emergency response decisions that safeguard the ecosystem.
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Arbitrum-Aligned Entities
Distinct entities (e.g. the Arbitrum Foundation) execute specific functions, all guided by the governance of the Arbitrum DAO.
Your Ambition. Our Foundation.
Unlimited Potential.
Whether you're building a protocol, launching a gaming chain, or integrating RWAs, Arbitrum provides the robust features, supportive ecosystem, and economic engine to help bring your vision to life.
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