Celestia (TIA) is a modular data availability network that decouples consensus and data availability from execution, letting rollups post data cheaply to a dedicated base layer. It popularized the "modular thesis" and uses data availability sampling so light nodes can verify block data without downloading everything.
Why it's tracked here
TIA's social signal is a useful proxy for the broader modular-versus-monolithic debate and for rollup-ecosystem momentum. Velocity tends to spike when new chains commit to posting blobs to Celestia or when modular narratives rotate back into focus.
What moves social signal
- Rollups and appchains announcing Celestia as their DA layer
- Blob throughput, fee, and usage milestones
- Protocol upgrades and roadmap updates around DA scaling
- Narrative rotations between modular, monolithic, and Ethereum DA
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