Actively Validated Services

Dco.Build presents EigenLayer's Actively Validated Services (AVSs) as a major step in the evolution of Web3, which it compares to the "AWS moment" that cut server costs for internet startups. The article argues that setting up a decentralised network from scratch requires finding validators, attracting stake, and building security infrastructure, much as internet startups did before AWS. It says EigenLayer addresses this by providing a pool of operators who can secure new networks with established assets such as ETH and LSTs, rather than requiring each network's own token to be staked. The article also notes that EigenLayer is a set of smart contracts on Ethereum, which it describes as a reliance it considers secure.