Xai Protocol Roadmap

Stylus The Stylus integration with the Xai Chain ArbOS upgrade introduces a WebAssembly Virtual Machine, significantly enhancing computational and memory efficiency. This upgrade will reduce operational costs while supporting multiple programming languages, making the platform more accessible to developers.

BOLD The BOLD upgrade introduces permissionless validation to Xai Chain, allowing anyone to validate transactions, enhancing decentralization and security. This shift is expected to attract a diverse range of validators, improving network resilience and scalability.

Timeboost Timeboost optimizes transaction ordering on Xai Chain to manage Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) more effectively, aligning validator and user incentives. This upgrade aims to create fairer and more predictable outcomes while reducing exploitative behaviors like front-running.

Teleporter Bridge The Teleporter Bridge upgrade enables seamless onboarding from Layer 1 to Layer 3 in a single transaction, simplifying user experience and reducing costs. This enhancement supports higher transaction throughput and scalability, making the Xai platform more accessible.

Fast Withdrawals Fast Withdrawals upgrade enhances Xai Chain by enabling instant transaction confirmations on AnyTrust chains, improving platform efficiency. This upgrade ensures near-instantaneous transaction finality and quick inter-chain messaging, essential for high-engagement environments like gaming.

Native Interoperability Native Interoperability on Xai Chain facilitates seamless cross-chain communication through a self-hosted attestation committee and existing interoperability standards like IBC. This upgrade enhances security, reliability, and connectivity across blockchain networks, promoting a more integrated and efficient ecosystem.

Execution Client Upgrades Execution Client Upgrades optimize the Nitro node software on Xai Chain, ensuring long-term sustainability and supporting potential gas limit increases. These enhancements improve performance and enable the platform to handle more complex transactions and higher throughput.

Cluster Chains Cluster Chains introduce a horizontal scaling method for Xai Chain, allowing the network to add more chains to manage increased transaction loads. This upgrade ensures high performance and low latency as the user base grows, maintaining efficiency and scalability.

OFT x Native Bridge The OFT x Native Bridge upgrade integrates LayerZero's OFT standard, enabling seamless cross-chain transactions and expanded liquidity for XAI across multiple blockchains. This enhancement increases XAI's utility while maintaining its role as the native gas token on Xai Chain.

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The following items are also being explored to deliver even greater value to the Xai ecosystem and experience of gaming on Xai:

Gasless Contracts Gasless Contracts upgrade allows users to interact with certain smart contracts without incurring gas fees, improving accessibility and user experience. This feature reduces entry barriers and is expected to drive higher engagement on the Xai platform.

Native Account Abstraction Native Account Abstraction simplifies blockchain account management on Xai, allowing for more flexible and user-friendly interactions like multiple signers and smart contracts as accounts. This upgrade reduces technical barriers, making the platform more inclusive and accessible.

Sentry Node / DePIN The Sentry Node / DePIN upgrade leverages decentralized hardware to provide powerful, cost-effective computing solutions for AI training, token storage, and more. This enhancement democratizes access to advanced computing resources while enhancing Xai's network functionality and security.