# Scaling and Network Layer

### <mark style="color:orange;">Rollup-Collaborative Scaling</mark>

* **Shared Sequencer:** Provides unified sequencing across multiple Rollups to ensure state consistency.
* **Cross-Rollup message bus:** Enables cross-Rollup calls and asset transfers.
* **Unified settlement and state commitments:** Uses an E-Gas + Rollup billing model to make Rollup costs predictable and easy to settle.

### <mark style="color:orange;">Network Layer: Intelligent Awareness and High Resilience</mark>

* **P2P network based on Gossip + QUIC protocol** to reduce cross-region transmission latency.
* **AI-aware mempool:** Tags AI-related transactions with priority and resource weights to guarantee critical task execution.
* **Congestion control and DoS resistance** mechanisms to ensure stability under large-scale nodes and high traffic.


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