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Cartesi

Cartesi is an open-source Ethereum rollup platform for building app-specific rollups with a Linux and RISC-V execution environment. It provides developers with scalable, verifiable infrastructure, fraud proofs, documentation, and tooling for decentralized applications.
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Current stage: Seed12 current maintainers12 active leads1 new active lead3 lead step-downs2 early lead departures

Maintainer signals as of Aug 10, 2026


Description

Cartesi develops an Ethereum-compatible appchain rollup stack that lets developers build decentralized applications using a full Linux environment, mainstream programming languages, existing libraries, and open-source tooling. Its technology includes the Cartesi Virtual Machine, Cartesi Rollups, a fraud-proof system, and developer tools for deploying scalable L2, L3, or sovereign application-specific rollups while retaining Ethereum security guarantees. The project supports builders creating applications across areas such as AI, gaming, DeFi, and social applications.

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$900K

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