Flare’s Data Layer Goes Beyond Flare: A New LayerZero DVN Backed by 100 Validators
Flare, the blockchain for data, today announced plans to bring its Decentralized Verifier Network (DVN) to LayerZero, adding a network-backed, proof-of-stake verification option to LayerZero’s cross-chain messaging infrastructure. The integration introduces a new approach to message verification, combining Flare’s decentralized data infrastructure with LayerZero’s Decentralized Verifier Network framework.
The Flare DVN is backed by a network of 100 independent data providers that independently verify information from source blockchains. A message is confirmed once data providers holding a majority of the network’s stake weight agree on the result. Flare’s data providers sign a Merkle root of the accepted results, which is relayed to Flare’s Relay contract on the destination chain. The Flare DVN then checks the message’s proof against that root and, if it passes, casts its verification vote in LayerZero..
“Interoperability is only as strong as the infrastructure securing the information that moves across chains. With the Flare DVN, we’re bringing the security of an entire network of data providers into LayerZero’s verification ecosystem. This is an important milestone for Flare because it marks our evolution from using interoperability infrastructure to actively contributing to its security. For the first time, the data infrastructure securing Flare and FAssets can also help secure value beyond our own ecosystem,” said Hugo Philion, co-founder and CEO of Flare.
Unlike verification models that depend on a single operator, Flare’s DVN uses multiple independent data providers to establish consensus. While Flare operates multiple independent operators to support liveness and redundancy, proof delivery is permissionless, meaning anyone can relay the verification result to the destination chain.
LayerZero’s OFT Standard is used by asset issuers including Tether, PayPal, Paxos, Ondo and Anchorage Digital. Each issuer chooses which DVNs must attest to its messages, and how many must agree, before a transfer completes. A wider choice of verifiers lets each issuer build a setup that fits its own security requirements. The Flare DVN adds a verifier with a different trust basis to that choice, designed to sit alongside existing DVNs rather than replace them.
The system builds on Flare’s existing data infrastructure, including the Flare Data Connector (FDC), Relay and a dedicated verifier contract.
FDC is Flare’s protocol for reaching network-level consensus on external blockchain data. Relay makes FDC-attested data verifiable across supported EVM chains through roots jointly signed by Flare’s data providers. The verifier contract checks each packet against FDC-attested source-chain data before validating the source chain, LayerZero endpoint and minimum confirmations required for a verification vote.
The Flare DVN’s smart contracts underwent an audit by OpenZeppelin, report dated September 2026, with no critical, high or medium severity findings reported.
The integration also represents a broader strategic development for Flare. By extending its data verification infrastructure into cross-chain messaging, Flare is taking another step toward its long-term vision of becoming the blockchain for data, enabling external information to be brought on-chain and used across a wider range of decentralized applications.
The Flare DVN is targeted for launch in December 2026, subject to final launch coordination. Flare will provide technical documentation, developer resources and a detailed explanation of its verification architecture to support ecosystem adoption.
About Flare
Flare is the blockchain for data. Its native protocols, FTSO for prices and FDC for verifying events on other chains, form one data stack. That stack first made XRP productive: FAssets turned XRP into FXRP, the largest non-custodial XRP bridge, now on seven networks, and Smart Accounts let holders use it from their XRPL wallets. What began with XRPFi now reaches beyond Flare: the same data verifies cross-chain messages as a LayerZero DVN, backed by 100 independent validators, and Flare Confidential Compute is extending it to private applications. One data stack, making more markets possible.
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