Arianee, a blockchain infrastructure provider for the luxury brand sector, has launched a new CDK-powered layer 2 solution using Polygon blockchain to manage and expand its operations.
Since early 2023, Arianee has utilized Polygon’s zero-knowledge proof-powered Chain Development Kit to create the optimized layer 2. Arianee’s redesigned infrastructure enables developers and brands to create digital certificates and tokens that are remarkably performant, cost-effective, and customizable in relation to tangible assets and products, according to Arianee co-founder and CEO Pierre-Nicolas Hurstel’s interview with Cointelegraph.
“We construct solely on Ethereum Virtual Machines (EVM) to support scalable and enterprise-oriented use cases.” “Whether attempting to deliver a service that operates universally, seamlessly, or at predictable costs, constructing on L1 or the Polygon mainnet remains difficult and risky,” explains Hurstel.
According to the chief executive officer of Arianee, the organization’s mission is to assist brands working on scalable, high-performance, and evolutionary projects that “require an environment that permits precise control over energy and cost efficiency.”
Paid transactions on the Polygon CDK application-specific chain (appchain) will utilize the Arianee native protocol token, bridged to the Aria20 ERC-20 token on the Ethereum mainnet. With the introduction of the layer-2 app chain, firms can issue and administer their own digital product passports and loyalty tokens.
Arianee provides the necessary infrastructure for over forty labels, including Breitling, Moncler, Yves Saint Laurent, and Lacoste. On the protocol, luxury watch manufacturers such as Breitling issue digital product passports that provide blockchain-based proof of ownership to their proprietors.
Digital passports, which are nonfungible tokens (NFTs), offer the same customizable functionality as their physical counterparts. Owners can interact with manufacturers to coordinate and manage product repairs, warranties, insurance, and other services while maintaining ownership and control of their data.
The CDK from Polygon is anticipated to provide enhanced scalability and performance due to ZK-proof technology. Using the Polygon CDK, brands that issue NFTs and digital credentials using Ethereum’s ERC-721 token standard can also integrate their existing infrastructure with Arianee’s protocol.
An additional advantage of the newly implemented layer-2 functionality is allocating dedicated block space for specific applications on the protocol. There is an assertion that this will mitigate the adverse effects of increased network activity on the user experience. Assisting with gas fees and smart contract execution, Polygon’s scaling infrastructure further diminishes the operational expenses of services and applications.
In February, Polygon introduced a novel Type 1 prover that enables optimistic rollups and other ecosystem chains to utilize the layer-2 functionality of zero-knowledge proofs (ZK-proofs). The open-source technology allows the generation of ZK-proofs for blocks on the mainnet of Ethereum for an almost negligible cost.