Tanssi’s Role on Ethereum

Ethereum has evolved from a synchronous smart contract platform into an ecosystem supporting increasingly complex applications. Modern dApps are adopting architectures that resemble cloud-native microservices—think AWS Lambda or Google Cloud Functions—requiring off-chain computation, asynchronous logic, and horizontally scalable infrastructure.

But Ethereum’s original execution model, based on Externally Owned Accounts (EOAs) triggering on-chain logic, wasn’t designed for this level of architectural complexity. As applications push the boundaries of what Ethereum can handle natively, the need for purpose-built infrastructure that extends its capabilities—without compromising decentralization—is becoming critical.

The Centralization Trap

To meet performance demands, many Ethereum-based projects rely on cloud-hosted infrastructure for batchers, relayers, off-chain compute, and coordination services. While efficient in the short term, this introduces major vulnerabilities.

A compromised cloud provider or misconfigured account can take down critical components of a dApp or rollup—violating the trust assumptions that blockchains aim to enforce. Batchers, relayers, and coordination layers hosted centrally are particularly exposed, creating systemic risk across today’s distributed application ecosystems. 

Many Ethereum dApps and rollups still depend on centralized cloud-hosted services for off-chain coordination—introducing single points of failure.

This tension between decentralization and modern infrastructure demands has created a critical gap—one that requires dedicated, decentralized systems to fill.

Tanssi’s Role on Ethereum

Tanssi fills this infrastructure gap. It’s a decentralized orchestration layer designed to support execution across distributed services. As Ethereum’s ecosystem leans into rollups, AVSs, and shared security systems like EigenLayer and Symbiotic, there’s still a missing piece: a way to coordinate and run these services with decentralized infrastructure, without relying on centralized glue.

Tanssi is that coordination layer.

It allows developers to launch dedicated execution environments—whether full networks, AVSs (Actively Validated Services), or custom off-chain components—in minutes. These environments can power zkOracles, decentralized matchmaking engines, off-chain governance modules, and other composable infrastructure.

Tanssi handles validator and sequencer coordination through the Tanssi Orchestration Chain, dynamically assigning roles from permissionless operator pools. Networks come provisioned with pre-integrated tooling—RPCs, block explorers, indexers, and wallets—while security is anchored by Ethereum restaking via Symbiotic.

The result: developers can launch robust, decentralized infrastructure without managing any of the low-level mechanics.

The Tanssi platform automates orchestration, infrastructure provisioning, and validator coordination—so developers can deploy execution layers without low-level complexity.

How Tanssi Works Under the Hood

Tanssi abstracts away the complexity of running decentralized infrastructure—so developers can focus entirely on execution logic. 

The Tanssi platform automates every layer of deployment—from orchestration and execution to infrastructure provisioning and Ethereum-grade security.

Below is a breakdown of the platform’s key infrastructure components and how they work together to deliver secure, scalable, and production-ready execution environments:

Feature	Description	Key Benefits
Decentralized Execution	Compute runs across a fully decentralized infrastructure with sequencers rotated every few hours.	Ensures security and load balancing Provides Ethereum-grade finality Eliminates centralized operators
Multi-Environment Support	Supports both EVM and Substrate runtimes with templates.	Fast deployment for Ethereum developers Customizable runtime logic and governance Supports forkless upgrades
Trustless Ethereum Bridging	Enables decentralized interoperability through Ethereum light clients, Snowbridge, and native Substrate messaging (XCM).	Secure, verifiable asset transfers Seamless message passing No reliance on trusted relayers
Segregated Infrastructure	Each network runs in a physically and logically sandboxed environment.	Deterministic performance Fault isolation between services Failures don’t affect the Tanssi core
Validator Coordination	Delegates validation logic to Symbiotic middleware.	Automated slashing, delegation, rewards No need for custom staking interfaces Simplified validator onboarding

What You Can Build with Tanssi

Tanssi supports a broad set of infrastructure use cases:

• New decentralized services: AVSs, zk oracles, governance modules, off-chain execution environments, runtime extensions.

• Upgrades for existing dApps: Migrate centralized components—like batchers, relayers, or orchestration layers—into dedicated, decentralized services powered by Tanssi.

Each service launched through Tanssi gets its own dedicated validator and sequencer set, economic security, infrastructure tooling, and interoperability by default.

Migrating centralized infrastructure into Tanssi-powered execution layers. Developers can decentralize batchers, governance logic, and coordination modules—without rebuilding or redeploying their core L1 dApps.

Conclusion

Ethereum’s modular future requires more than just rollups and staking layers. It needs infrastructure that’s as decentralized and scalable as the services it’s meant to support.

Tanssi is that infrastructure. It abstracts away validator orchestration, sequencing, and tooling—so developers can focus entirely on building logic, not coordinating infrastructure.

With Ethereum-backed finality, built-in interoperability, and zero operational overhead, Tanssi is the execution layer that brings decentralized infrastructure online—now available to explore at apps.tanssi.network.