In this Chain Update we take a look at Gravity, the blockchain native to engagement platform Galxe. The L1 network enhances digital identity and supports transactions across 35 blockchains using zero-knowledge proofs. Gravity is still in its early stages, and is slowly expanding to become a leading consumer blockchain thanks to technical developments such as Parallel EVM and the push for Gigagas.
Gravity is a Layer-1 blockchain tailored for mass adoption and cross-chain interactions, because it simplifies Web3 identity management and dapp interactions. Ultimately the network wants to abstract the complexities of multichain operations. The foundation for that lies with the social engagement platform Galxe.
Gravity is tightly integrated with Galxe’s suite of products (e.g., Quest, Passport, Score, Compass, Alva), enhancing Web3 exploration and digital identity management. It also supports cross-chain transactions and data sharing across more than 35 blockchains, including Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Polygon, using technologies like zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) for secure and efficient interactions.
DappRadar has 14 dapps listed, tapping into Gravity. Out of those dapps, Galxe has 80% market dominance, followed by the decentralized exchange Camelot with 13%. Gravity launched its alpha mainnet in June 2024, and this 14 June activity peaked, processing 1 million transactions in a day.
Gravity updates
In the past few months, the Gravity ecosystem has seen some nice developments. These are both on a technical level, but also based on content. In this overview we quickly address some of the most important updates about the Gravity ecosystem.
Technical updates
The Gravity SDK introduced the industry’s first “pipelined blockchain architecture,” redefining Web3 infrastructure with modular parallel processing for enhanced performance, higher throughput, and lower latency.
Gravity is building a parallel EVM to ultimately achieve real-time blockchain performance, which requires optimization across every aspect of their ecosystem. This means that the operational and executional aspects of the chain need to improve, but also storage, consensus and networking. For example, the team added LRU cache to the storage layer, reducing latency.
Recent updates already made Gravity a highly efficient Parallel EVM, but there are still bottlenecks that impact the network’s performance. Future updates will include intra-MPT Parallel State Root optimizations, enhancing PRU cache performance, and introducing expanded onchain configuration capabilities.
New services and tools
Recently Gravity announced a partnership with Space ID, the protocol specialized in domain names. The Gravity community can now purchase .g domains. Such a domain name helps to simplify crypto transactions by replacing complex wallet addresses with human-readable user names.
As mentioned, Gravity is heavily associated with Galxe. While users have collected NFTs through Galxe, a leading NFT collection is still missing on Gravity. Until now. With Fuglys, the Gravity community has their own flagship PFP NFT collection. Mint will happen in Q4 2025, and only 2,222 NFTs available.
Introducing Gigagas
While Gravity is still in its early stages, the network also wants to shift the way people look at onchain activity. The industry has always relied on transactions per second (TPS), which can be inflated by trivial activity. Therefore they prefer to talk about Gigagas, or Gas per Second. This would reorient the metric around computational bandwidth. Simply put, complex transactions are more valuable and cost more gas, and therefore Gas per Second is a strong metric.
- 1 Gas unit = The measure of computation in EVM networks. E.g., reading from storage = 2,100 gas.
- 1 Gigagas = 1,000,000,000 gas per second processed by the network. Which means that GPS = Total Gas in Block/Block Time(s)
While TPS is all about quantities, GPS combines that with the intensity of the onchain action. A token transfer is a simple transaction, which results in low GPS. However, minting an NFT, or providing liquidity is a much more complex action. The idea is that there’s more value in complex transactions, and that should be recognized by Gigagas. Gigagas is the beginning of a new standard
Closing words
At the time of writing, Gravity is still a blockchain network in its early stages. With 80% market dominance, engagement platform Galxe is leading the activity on the network. However, the ecosystem is slowly expanding. Keep your eyes on Gravity during the second half of this calendar, because it may very well attract more developers, more projects and more innovation.
