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Validium and the Data-Availability Spectrum

Validium proves execution and keeps the data off the parent chain, with a committee or another store. Volition lets a user choose, per state, whether the data sits on the parent.

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Authors: StarkWare
Date: 2020
Publisher: StarkWare
Version: Source cited by the 2020 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0173
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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Validium proves execution and keeps the data off the parent chain, with a committee or another store. Volition lets a user choose, per state, whether the data sits on the parent.

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Canonical readingValidium study
Related paperStarkWare
Related paperFraud and data availability proofs

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StarkWare (2020). Validium and the Data-Availability Spectrum. StarkWare. https://medium.com/starkware/volition-and-the-emerging-data-availability-spectrum-87e8bfa09bb

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@techreport{validium2020,
  title = {Validium and the Data-Availability Spectrum},
  author = {StarkWare},
  year = {2020},
  institution = {StarkWare},
  url = {https://medium.com/starkware/volition-and-the-emerging-data-availability-spectrum-87e8bfa09bb},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/validium}
}

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