Celestia protocol
Overview
Celestia is a modular blockchain network built specifically for data availability: rather than executing or validating transactions itself, it provides a scalable layer where other blockchains publish transaction data and prove it is available. This separates the functions that monolithic chains like Bitcoin and Ethereum bundle together — execution, settlement, consensus and data availability — so rollups can use Celestia purely for the data layer. Its key technique is data availability sampling, which lets light nodes verify that a block's data has been published by sampling small random portions rather than downloading the whole block, so security scales with the number of nodes. The project originated in 2019 when Mustafa Al-Bassam published a whitepaper on a distributed data availability ledger called LazyLedger; co-founders include Al-Bassam, Ismail Khoffi and John Adler. LazyLedger rebranded to Celestia in June 2021, and mainnet launched on 31 October 2023, with TIA tokens airdropped the same day. Celestia raised $55 million led by Bain Capital Crypto and Polychain Capital, with Galaxy, Placeholder and Jump Crypto also participating. Mustafa Al-Bassam published the LazyLedger whitepaper in 2019; the project rebranded to Celestia in June 2021 and raised $55 million led by Bain Capital Crypto and Polychain. Beta mainnet and the TIA token launched on 31 October 2023, with an airdrop the same day. Manta Pacific became the first layer 2 to move to Celestia for data availability.
Within the DeFi Intel graph, Celestia connects to 9 tracked entities, most strongly to K2, Derive, Nillion.
Relations
Top connections in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph (confidence-weighted, 9 of 9 total).
| Relation | Connected entity | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
uses_da | K2 | 90% |
uses_da | Derive | 90% |
uses_da | Nillion | 90% |
uses_da | Eclipse | 90% |
uses_da | LightLink | 90% |
uses_da | Towns | 90% |
uses_da | Ancient8 | 90% |
uses_da | Settlus | 90% |
controls | Celestia Labs | 85% |
Frequently asked questions
What is Celestia?
Celestia is a data-availability tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph. It is connected to 9 other tracked entities, most strongly to K2, Derive, Nillion.
What type of entity is Celestia?
Celestia is classified as a data-availability (protocol) in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph.
What is Celestia connected to?
In the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, Celestia is linked to 9 other tracked entities, most strongly to K2, Derive, Nillion.
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