Applications

VSL powers a wide variety of applications across AI, DeFi, infrastructure, and cross-chain ecosystems. The following are some of them:

Trustless AI computation

It anchors AI decisions, model outputs, and training data with verifiable proofs. Additionally, it ensures secure cross-chain execution of AI agents without reliance on any single chain.

Blockchain networks

VSL provides a unified verification and settlement layer for different blockchain networks. Instead of relying on isolated consensus mechanisms, chains can submit claims to VSL for validation, ensuring correctness and reducing the risk of fraudulent state transitions. This improves interoperability, making it easier for blockchains to communicate and trust each other's data.

Decentralized applications (dApps)

dApps benefit from VSL’s ability to verify off-chain and cross-chain transactions. By leveraging VSL, dApps can securely interact with multiple chains, enabling features like:

• Cross-chain DeFi: Users can stake assets on one blockchain and use them as collateral on another.

• Multi-chain gaming: In-game assets and transactions can be verified across different ecosystems without central control.

• Trustless oracles: Data feeds can be validated by VSL, reducing reliance on centralized oracles.

Bridges

Bridging assets between chains has historically required trust in third-party bridge operators. VSL eliminates this need by enabling multi-chain bridging, where tokens can be transferred securely across blockchains without off-chain intermediaries. This supports:

• Token minting and freezing across multiple chains.

• Cross-chain liquidity pools for DeFi applications.

Light clients

VSL provides light client verification, enabling blockchains and rollups to verify consensus and state transitions without downloading full blockchain histories. This makes it an ideal foundation for:

• Layer 2 (L2) & Layer 3 (L3) rollups: Developers can build rollups that inherit security from VSL while remaining flexible in their execution environments.

• Heterogeneous ZK verification: VSL supports different zero-knowledge proof systems (e.g., RISC-Zero, Cairo), ensuring correctness across various ZK rollups.

By relying on VSL’s light client capabilities, users and applications can efficiently retrieve the state of a target blockchain—such as account balances or contract data—without needing to process its entire history.

Benefits of the VSL

For Developers, the VSL means:

• Interoperability without rewriting your app for each chain.

• Flexibility to choose your language, chain, and proof system.

• Proof-based confidence that your computation or transaction is correct and verifiable anywhere.

For protocol & infrastructure teams, it means:

• Reduced cross-chain complexity: No more managing bridge codebases for every pair of chains.

• Optimized architecture: A shift from a mesh (quadratic) of connections to a spoke–hub model with VSL at the center.