Hotstuff Labs Information

Hotstuff is a purpose‑built, exchange‑grade Layer‑1 optimized for on‑chain order books, margining, and custody. It combines a pipelined, two‑round BFT protocol (DracoBFT) with deterministic execution, modular side‑consensus loops, and a “change‑log hash” (CLH) commitment scheme that replaces heavyweight global state‑root computation. The result is sub‑second finality, high throughput, and a developer experience that treats trading and settlement as first‑class primitives. A dual‑block roadmap, Engine‑API compatibility, and trustless proof ingestion (SP1, zkTLS/zkFetch) connect Hotstuff to the broader EVM and real‑world rails.