• Shibarium is a sidechain, not a Layer-2, leveraging Ethereum’s security via periodic anchoring. 
• Shiba Inu is developing a Super Bridge for seamless cross-chain interactions and network integration. 
• The Shiba Inu team plans for Shibarium to act as the primary settlement and governance hub across all networks.

Shiba Inu’s key developer, Kaal Dhairya, recently provided important clarification about the Shibarium project, which is a sidechain built on Ethereum rather than a traditional Layer-2 solution. This distinction highlights that Shibarium operates differently from typical L2 solutions, which can be costly to use for settlement and rely on centralized operators. Dhairya emphasized that Shibarium uses a decentralized approach with its validators and checkpoints, making it more secure than optimistic rollups, which impose a seven-day challenge period for withdrawals. 

Shibarium’s Structure and Security

According to Dhairya, Shibarium’s architecture is built around a sidechain model, which means it handles its validators, rather than depending on Ethereum’s network directly for every transaction. Shibarium leverages Ethereum’s security by periodically anchoring transactions to the Ethereum blockchain, ensuring both security and efficiency. This approach allows for a more secure alternative to optimistic rollups, which require waiting periods before finalizing withdrawals. Shiba Inu’s system is designed to combine both optimistic rollup and zero-knowledge rollup technologies to provide a hybrid settlement solution for the future.

Super Bridge and Cross-Chain Expansion

Besides these technical distinctions, for the benefit of the Shiba and the cryptocurrency community in general, Shiba Inu is also getting ready for the development of a new Super Bridge that will enable movement between blockchains. It also caters for other chains such as Ethereum, Polygon, and other Layer-2 solutions. SHIB aims to establish the layer-two solution Shibarium in as many chains as possible to have a platform for settlement governance and liquidity in the blockchain world. This initiative is well in line with Shiba Inu’s grand plan, which is to interconnect different networks to make it easier for users to access the Shiba Inu ecosystem from any network.

Shiba Inu’s efforts to improve the features of Shibarium and connect with more networks make this project ready to become an important member of the cross-chain system. Super Bridge also implies that there will be instances of bridging between these chains and the Shibarium network will remain central for decision-making and settlement.