# Signet – A pragmatic Ethereum rollup

Source: https://signet.sh
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Signet-A-pragmatic-Ethereum-rollup?index=0x6889a90f9e8381073295d873524aa5886b78680791d35e3a131f6113f061157145450340
Submitted by tim on 2025-07-30 UTC, 11 upvotes, 2 comments

## Summary

Signet is a rollup for Ethereum that settles cross-chain transfers within the same Ethereum block, without proofs or withdrawal waits. The project says it removes a decade of accumulated complexity, such as proving systems and state roots, by using market-based asset swaps between chains instead of proofs. It states that same-block cross-chain transfers either complete entirely or revert entirely, that block production uses round-robin assignment to prevent auction dynamics, and that existing Solidity contracts can be deployed unchanged with tools like Foundry, ethers.js and viem. The page lists Signet inclusion at about 12 seconds compared with about 5 minutes for other rollups.

## Article

An Ethereum Rollup

Cross-chain settlement in the same Ethereum block. No proofs. No waiting. Just a rollup.

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Thesis

We stripped away a decade of accumulated complexity. No proving systems. No state roots. Signet is just a rollup.

i.

Market-based transfers

Assets swap between chains rather than being proven. Lower overhead, higher throughput, lower fees.

ii.

Conditional transactions

Same-block cross-chain transfers. Your transaction completes entirely or reverts entirely.

iii.

Fair block production

Round-robin assignment prevents auction dynamics. A diversified set. Predictable inclusion.

Synchronous

Signet is Ethereum.

Signet ~12 seconds

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Other Rollups ~5 minutes

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Deploy

Your toolchain, unchanged.

Deploy existing Solidity contracts without modification. Foundry, ethers.js, viem—everything works exactly as expected.

import { createPublicClient, http } from 'viem' import { signet } from 'viem/chains' const client = createPublicClient({ chain: signet, transport: http() })

Built for Speed

For those who move fast.

For Users

Instant liquidity

Move assets between L1 and L2 in the same block. No lockups. No withdrawal delays. Unified cross-chain balances.

For Applications

Real-time composability

React to L1 events within the same block. Cross-chain oracle updates, asset issuance, top-ups, liquidations, and swaps.

For Solvers

Atomic execution

Cross-chain strategies exactly as you expect. No partial fills. No wasted gas. Rebalance yield opportunities instantly in the same block.

## Comments

**@timdaub.eth**: Can someone in basic terms explain how this works?

**@chiefdijon**: I think they forgot to talk about it….