Overview

One Network for Verifiable Computation

The Symbiotic Relay SDK is the trust layer for data and computation.

It turns any data, computation, or event into money backed, stake secured attestations that settle on chain and trigger programmable outcomes. With Relay you:

• Reduce and keep costs constant at scale. Validator-set verification uses BLS aggregation and optional ZK compression to keep EVM verify gas essentially flat, regardless of validator set size.
• Put capital behind data. Every attestation is secured by stake and can be subject to slashing.
• Reduce integration friction. One standardized attestation flow replaces bespoke oracles and middleware.
• Automate across chains. Verify once, then mint, swap, bridge, update feeds, or call adapters anywhere.

Relay is the missing link between computation and consensus, the universal economically secured proof layer for the modular internet.

The Problem that Relay Solves

Large validator sets became prohibitively expensive to verify across chains. Networks with hundreds of operators were facing millions per year in verification costs on Ethereum alone. At the same time, protocols that wanted to run multichain were pushed into Proof-of-Authority models because staking data was not available cross-chain in a usable, verifiable way.

How it Works

1. Application Layer

   Any app or service performs a task: fetching prices, running an AI model, or monitoring transactions.

2. Relay Network

   Operators in the Relay Network generate cryptographic attestations that confirm the task was executed as claimed.

3. Relay Settlement

   These attestations are verified on-chain using validator stakes within Symbiotic Core contracts.

4. On-Chain Action

   Once verified, the attestation can trigger any programmable outcome:

   • Mint a token
   • Update a price feed
   • Trigger a bridge transaction
   • Perform a swap
   • Feed data into a DeFi protocol

Figure 1 - Relay Flow for Cross-Chain Applications

Key Value Proposition

The Relay turns any external workload into a verifiable on-chain action. Networks plug in a lightweight client, inherit stake-backed security with slashing, and use a single attestation flow that works across chains and use cases. The result is less code to maintain, clearer guarantees, and a portable integration you can reuse everywhere.

Relay Advantages