eigenlayer

/eigenlayer is home to:

┃┃╱╲   🥞 stakers
┃╱╱╲╲  🎛️ operators
╱╱╭╮╲╲  🛠️ AVS builders
▔▏┗┛▕▔    📲 AVS consumers
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        ❤️ community
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public goods maxi. accelerating /eigenlayer at @eigenfoundation
🌱 consumer crypto /socialgraphvc. 🦁 @safary. contributor @powerloom. ♥️ national parks

🥞 stakers = the economic backbone of the protocol

they provide ETH/LSTs or other protocol assets to secure actively validated services, earn rewards and power trust.

 current stats, tvl: $18.3B 

ref: https://economy.eigenlayer.xyz

🛠️ AVS Builders = the open innovators

they develop services that inherit Ethereum or other core protocols' underlying security and unlock new use cases like oracles, da layers, databases, AI systems, gaming VMs, etc.

current stats, 110+ AVSs building, ~25 AVSs on mainnet, mainnet AVS FDV: $5.14B

ref: https://economy.eigenlayer.xyz

📲 AVS consumers = the app builders

AVS consumers leverage AVS services to create apps that consumers can use in various categories -- social networks, games, prediction markets, AI agents and many more that are currently getting built.

❤️ community: the core 

the heart of it all – the glue that keeps the /eigenlayer ecosystem together

the community acts as the cultural (and vibe) epicenter, enabling open innovation among stakers, operators, AVS developers and consumers.

Learn more: 

+ https://linktr.ee/buildoneigen
+ https://eigenlayer.xyz
+ https://eigenfoundation.org

🎛️ operators = protocol's core infrastructure

run nodes to execute AVSs, enabling decentralized, scalable computation.

current stats, rewards earned by operators: $108.07M

ref: https://economy.eigenlayer.xyz

I feel like eigen has fallen off the map lately. After the airdrop @bankless has kinda stopped talking about them. That was kinda the only place I ever heard talk of them so..

Is there some place I can see what’s going on there? I have about $1000 $Eigen tokens that I’m considering selling.