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CDK Global, Inc.
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If you've been following the modular vs. monolithic blockchain debate, there's a third option that doesn't get enough attention: aggregated blockchains. The idea is pretty simple. Take the best of both worlds. You get sovereign, specialized chains (like a gaming chain that doesn't compete for block space with a DeFi protocol), but they all plug into a shared layer that gives them access to unified liquidity and state. No wrapped tokens, no janky bridges with 20-minute wait times.
The practical implementation of this is the Agglayer (Aggregation Layer). It works by accepting cryptographic proofs from connected chains, verifying everything is consistent, aggregating those proofs, and settling to Ethereum. From Ethereum's perspective, the whole thing looks like a single rollup, which means assets move natively between chains instead of being wrapped. POL on Polygon zkEVM is the same POL on X Layer, not some synthetic version. OKX's X Layer (50M+ users) is already connected, and any developer can spin up a custom chain with Polygon CDK and plug into this shared ecosystem.
The broader vision is that individual chains scale vertically while the network scales horizontally by adding more chains, reducing the resource contention that monolithic chains hit at scale.

If you've been following the modular vs. monolithic blockchain debate, there's a third option that doesn't get enough attention: aggregated blockchains. The idea is pretty simple. Take the best of both worlds. You get sovereign, specialized chains (like a gaming chain that doesn't compete for block space with a DeFi protocol), but they all plug into a shared layer that gives them access to unified liquidity and state. No wrapped tokens, no janky bridges with 20-minute wait times.
The practical implementation of this is the Agglayer (Aggregation Layer). It works by accepting cryptographic proofs from connected chains, verifying everything is consistent, aggregating those proofs, and settling to Ethereum. From Ethereum's perspective, the whole thing looks like a single rollup, which means assets move natively between chains instead of being wrapped. POL on Polygon zkEVM is the same POL on X Layer, not some synthetic version. OKX's X Layer (50M+ users) is already connected, and any developer can spin up a custom chain with Polygon CDK and plug into this shared ecosystem.
The broader vision is that individual chains scale vertically while the network scales horizontally by adding more chains, reducing the resource contention that monolithic chains hit at scale.