AMA with Cartesi - We are developing RISC-V-based application-specific Rollups infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem.

Hello, r/cryptocurrency, thanks for having us!

We'll be here answering your questions from 1 pm UTC until around 3 pm UTC.

About us
We are Cartesi, the team behind Cartesi Rollups. We are developing infrastructure for Application-specific Optimistic Rollups with a custom Virtual Machine (VM). Our VM, called the Cartesi Machine, is based on RISC-V. By having application-specific Rollups and a RISC-V-based VM, we can boot a real-world OS like Linux.

This allows developers to leverage an entire pre-existing ecosystem for smart contracts. You can use existing languages (e.g. Rust, Python), tap into other abstractions like libraries (e.g. OpenCV), use databases (e.g. SQLite), and much more.

Finally, as a Rollup, you benefit from the security guarantees of the base layer (Ethereum or other supported EVM chains/rollups).

We have several core contributors present to answer your questions today:
u/GCdePaula (Gabriel) - Core developer for Cartesi
u/fargento (Felipe) - Core developer for Cartesi
u/bmaia18 (Bruno) - Head of BD for Cartesi
u/SkyCertain3348 (Carlo) - Lead Solution Architect for Cartesi
u/Max_Cartesi (Max) - BD for Cartesi

Giveaway!
After the AMA, each contributor will choose their favorite question to receive a Cartesi t-shirt. Time to bring out your best questions: thought-provoking, creative, or funny, we'd love to hear!

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Winners will be contacted via our official Reddit account to arrange postage: u/cartesi

Keep up to date with Cartesi news and developments:
Website: Cartesi.io
Documentation: Cartesi.io/docs
Thesis: https://medium.com/cartesi/application-specific-rollups-e12ed5d9de01
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cartesiproject/
Developer Discord: https://discord.com/invite/kfwB7sssn8
Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/cartesi/
GitHub: https://github.com/cartesi

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