Kadena has launched Chainweb EVM, a new version aimed at illuminating long -term limitations in the development of blockchain.
With dozens of projects that already live live on TestNet, the rollout signals a broader shift in how Kadena is approaching the infrastructure and the CEO of the protocol has shared what the launch means for builders.
In an exclusive interview with crypto.news, Kadena CEO and co-founder Stuart PopeJoy explained that the new EVM-compatible environment was designed to remove long-term considerations that developers are confronted in building complex applications.
Built on Kadena’s braided proof-of-work architecture, Chainweb EVM carries transactions from parallel over several chains, which stimulates the transit while retaining the protection guarantees of proof-of-work. This combination, explains Popejoy, is especially crucial for applications that aim to attract institutional capital.
The CEO pointed out that many current networks force developers to choose between performance and affordability. For sectors such as Real-World Assets, the need for built-in compliance and reliability adds complexity that most of the EVM chains have not tackled at the protocol level.
To tackle this, Kadena has developed indigenous token standards that embed the regulatory coordination directly in the protocoll layer. This allows projects to meet institutional requirements without endangering transparency, speed or composability.
“Our indigenous topped standards integrate the legal requirements directly in the protocoll layer, not as afterwards. This allows applications that can handle serious institutional capital while retaining the transparency and efficiency that makes Blockchain attractive,” Popejoy explained.
To further accelerate acceptance, Kadena commits a $ 50 million subsidy program, half of which is specifically devoted to Chainweb EVM to Back teams aimed at the usefulness of the real world. More than 50 projects have joined since the test network launch. Popejoy says that many migrate from environments where gas costs and implementation limits have determined design choices.
Looking ahead, the team is aimed at Mancinnet-Tidding and Interoperability of the Cross-EVM. But Popejoy emphasizes that statistics such as TVL or developers counts are not the final goal.
“The milestone that really matters is that these institutional applications go live,” he said. “Success is not measured by the adoption statistics of developers; it is measured by whether we feed the infrastructure that brings seriously institutional capital into the chain.”
