TLDR;

• SKALE Expand allows for the SKALE Manager – the core smart contracts that facilitate SKALE Chains –  to be deployed on any EVM, bringing SKALE’s speed, instant finality, and privacy to other blockchain ecosystems.
  
• Builders get SKALE’s gasless UX, instant finality, BITE privacy, and the x402 toolkit without leaving the host chain’s ecosystem.
  
• SKALE Expand V1 testnet is live on Base, focused on x402 and agentic use cases.

What is SKALE Expand

SKALE Expand takes the SKALE Manager, the group of smart contracts that control staking, node ops, payments, and inflation, and deploys it to other EVM blockchains like Base. That instantly enables native SKALE chains inside those ecosystems with SKALE performance, privacy, and gasless UX, while staying plugged into local users, onramps, and liquidity.

Why Expand is the Next Step for SKALE

SKALE already powers high-velocity apps in gaming, DePIN, and AI, but most users and liquidity remain on established ecosystems such as Ethereum L2s. Rather than trying to pull those communities elsewhere, Expand delivers SKALE’s capabilities directly to where they already operate. 

By deploying on SKALE Expand on partner chains like Base, developers can access existing liquidity and onramps while upgrading performance with zero gas, private execution, and instant finality. It also strengthens SKALE’s economics by channeling demand for blockspace to SKL and by aligning revenue with usage through Compute Credits. The outcome is a practical growth model that increases adoption, reduces friction for users, and preserves SKALE’s core value capture.

What SKALE Expand Brings To Other Ecosystems

• Zero gas fees with Compute Credits, so users never think about gas.
  
• Private, MEV-resistant execution with BITE for encrypted transactions.
  
• Instant finality that feels like Web2.
  
• x402 enablement for next-gen payments and programmable money flows.

Credits

Credits cover compute costs on SKALE Expand so teams can ship real user journeys with zero gas from day one. Think of Credits as the fuel to bootstrap adoption, while end-user transactions remain gasless. 

How SKALE Benefits From Expand

1. SKL stays the value sink: Apps still pay for blockspace in SKL, regardless of where Managers are deployed.
   
2. Increased Revenue from Usage Based Pricing: This expansion experiment aligns revenue with real app activity and does not remove existing SKALE chain fees.
   
3. Compounding demand: Each new Manager instance increases staking and SKL utility across the network.

Expand V1 on Base

The testnet is live on Base and focused on x402 and agentic use cases. Deploy on SKALE on Base and keep your existing EVM smart contracts. You get zero gas, private execution, and instant finality while staying native to Base’s users, onramps, and liquidity. We are collecting performance and UX data and will use community feedback to guide a broader rollout.

Build on Base with zero gas fees, instant finality, and privacy via BITE protocol. 👇

Docs: https://docs.skale.space/welcome/skale-on-base/

SKALE Builders Group: https://t.me/+o_7DCw9qcbI2NDYx

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