Proven stack. Novel mechanics.
Construct launches on infrastructure that has already been audited and battle-tested. The novel work is at the application layer. Not in consensus, not in sequencing, not in rollup proofs. That is where the novel work belongs.
Phase 1
OP Stack L2 on Ethereum.
The OP Stack provides a proven, audited rollup framework with full EVM compatibility. Any existing Solidity tooling, wallet, RPC client, or block explorer works on Construct from day one. Sequencing and settlement use components that have already secured billions of dollars across the Superchain ecosystem.
Starting as an L2 is a deliberate choice. It lets us ship the novel mechanics (Red Pools, Forging, CSwap, Degrader Scores) in months rather than years, without rebuilding consensus from scratch. The L1 transition happens once those mechanics are validated with real usage data and the network has enough sustained participation to secure its own consensus.
Phase 2
Sovereign L1 under Proof of Degradation.
After Phase 1 validates Red Pool mechanics, token economics, and participant behavior with real on-chain data, Construct transitions to a purpose-built L1 where Proof of Degradation operates at the consensus layer. Participation in Red Pools and block production become a single, unified behavior loop.
The transition path is not a hard fork or a token migration. State and contract continuity are preserved across phases.
Gas & Compatibility
CNST is the only gas token users see.
CNST is the native gas token from genesis. ETH is bridged and abstracted. Users transact in CNST without holding or thinking about the underlying bridge asset. This creates native demand for CNST from the first transaction and avoids the dual-token UX problem that frustrates users on other L2s.
Full EVM compatibility means no porting work for existing Solidity
contracts. solc, Foundry, Hardhat, Viem, wagmi, Etherscan
forks all work day one.