LayerZero is excited to welcome Nodit, the blockchain infrastructure arm of Dunamu — the company behind Upbit — as the first Decentralized Verifier Network (DVN) provider in East Asia.. This marks an important step in the continued expansion of the DVN ecosystem, giving developers across the region and around the world more trusted options to secure their applications and assets on LayerZero.
What DVNs Are and Why They Matter
LayerZero secures $90 billion across 600 applications by letting each app choose its own verifiers. At the core of this security model are Decentralized Verifier Networks (DVNs).
A DVN is an independent entity that signs off on transactions moving between chains. Before a message is delivered, the DVNs an application selects must verify that it is valid. This creates a flexible security architecture: applications choose their own unique set of DVNs, aligning trust assumptions with their use case. Whether a stablecoin issuer, an exchange, or a DeFi protocol, every builder has the ability to define exactly who secures their cross-chain activity.
Learn more about DVNs here: Documentation
Nodit’s Role
With Nodit, the blockchain arm powering Upbit’s infrastructure, developers gain an additional geographically distributed verifier option. Applications across LayerZero can now choose to be secured by infrastructure operated by one of East Asia’s most established Web3 providers — part of the same group behind Upbit.
Applications across LayerZero can now choose to be secured by infrastructure operated by one of East Asia’s most trusted Web3 providers. Nodit brings years of experience running enterprise-grade infrastructure across 20+ blockchains, powering validator operations, node services, and institutional-scale APIs. That proven reliability now extends to cross-chain security.
Michael Cho, CBO of Lambda256, said: “We’re excited to join LayerZero as the first DVN provider in East Asia. At Nodit, our mission is to provide reliable and scalable Web3 infrastructure, and this partnership allows us to extend that commitment into cross-chain interoperability. Beyond validator operations, we also see opportunities to leverage LayerZero within our enterprise solutions — from our ontology-based data analytics and AML platform, Clair, to our institutional stablecoin platform, Scope. By contributing to LayerZero’s decentralized verifier network, we look forward to strengthening the foundation for a more connected and resilient Web3 ecosystem.”
Bryan Pellegrino, Co-Founder and CEO of LayerZero Labs, added:
“Nodit represents exactly the type of provider we want to see in the DVN ecosystem: deeply experienced, trusted by institutions, and committed to performance at scale. Their launch as the first DVN provider in East Asia gives developers across the region a strong security option and further demonstrates the global reach of the LayerZero network.”
The Expanding DVN Ecosystem Turns Into a Marketplace
LayerZero today secures a developer ecosystem larger than nearly every blockchain in existence. As adoption grows, the diversity and strength of DVN providers becomes increasingly important.
What is emerging is a marketplace for verification. Each DVN is an independent provider of security, and applications are free to choose the configuration that matches their needs.
This turns verification into something that can be selected, compared, and improved: a commodity market that rewards reliability, reputation, and performance.
Nodit’s entry as the first DVN provider in East Asia expands the competition in this market, bringing more choice to developers and strengthening the resilience of the LayerZero ecosystem as a whole.