Public layer 0 blockchain Horizen has announced a strategic partnership with Web3 infrastructure provider Ankr, according to a blog post on its official website. Through this strategic alliance, Ankr will serve as one of the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) providers for Horizen’s newly developed Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatible smart contract platform, EON.
Horizen and Ankr Form Strategic Partnership
In Horizen’s statement, the partnership is said to bring additional accessibility, scalability, and reliability to the burgeoning EON ecosystem by supporting a broad range of use cases, including Decentralized Finance (DeFi), gaming, and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs):
This strategic partnership brings advanced accessibility, scalability, and reliability to the rapidly growing EON ecosystem. We’re thrilled to announce our strategic partnership with Ankr, a leading Web3 infrastructure provider. This collaboration will make Ankr one of the first RPC providers for our new EVM-compatible smart contract platform, EON. The partnership will augment the EON ecosystem’s accessibility, scalability, and reliability by supporting a variety of use cases, including DeFi, gaming, and NFTs.
Details on the Horizen-Ankr Collaboration
Horizen expressed that the Web3 infrastructure and services provided by Ankr would further optimize the performance and accessibility of Horizen EON for both developers and end-users:
Horizen’s EON is the first among multiple smart contract side chains to be introduced in the Horizen ecosystem and is fully EVM-compatible. The state-of-the-art Web3 infrastructure and services provided by Ankr will significantly enhance both the overall performance and accessibility of Horizen EON for developers and end-users.
