Espresso Foundation

The Espresso Network is upgrading to proof-of-stake, adding economic security to the first purpose-built base layer for layer-2 chains and next-gen blockchain apps.

ESP is a utility token used to secure and decentralize the Espresso Network. Staking your ESP directly contributes to that security while earning you rewards.

The Espresso Airdrop: eligibility across 30+ activities, comprehensive anti-Sybil defenses, and the first major use of Holder Score to reward long-term conviction over short-term extraction.

Espresso Partner Program Season 2 recognizes Q4 2025 integrations including ApeChain, Huddle01, and Rufus, plus infrastructure and research contributors.

Coinciding with Espresso's decentralized proof-of-stake upgrade, we are introducing the ESP token, which will play a vital role in the future of the Espresso Network.

Fast finality changes everything. Mint crosschain NFTs in one click between ApeChain and RARI Chain without bridging. Powered by Espresso and Presto.

Three months ago, we celebrated our Season 0 Partners, the founding teams who helped transform Espresso from vision to production-ready infrastructure. Today, we're recognizing the teams who drove growth during Q3 2025 (i.e., Season 1), expanding the network and strengthening the foundation for a more interconnected Ethereum ecosystem.Program Structure and EvaluationThe Espresso Partner Program continues to operate on the framework established in our original announcement. Recipients wer...

Espresso’s Initial Community Offering has closed with overwhelming support from our community. $4 million worth of $ESP tokens were allocated for the sale on Kaito's Capital Launchpad, but we received requests for significantly more, demonstrating strong conviction among a broad set of community members in Espresso's mission to build rollup-native infrastructure with the speed and security to support our multi-chain future. Because the offering was oversubscribed, the first-come fir...

Two weeks after FTX filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in November 2022, core contributors to the Espresso project published their vision for how rollups would bring economic activity onchain. While markets collapsed and many declared crypto dead, the Espresso team saw a clear future ahead. Today, this vision is reality. Rollups secure more than $50 billion of value and support 10x the number of transactions per second seen on the Ethereum L1. Major brands and financial institutions have chosen ...

We launched the Espresso Partner Program earlier this year, a seasonal incentive program designed to recognize and reward the pioneering teams building alongside us. Today, we're proud to announce the recipients from Season 0, which ran through the second quarter of 2025. These founding partners have helped propel the Espresso Network from vision to reality, accelerating its adoption as the purpose-built base layer for the future internet, delivering what thousands of appchains and gener...

We were thrilled by the community turnout for The Composables. Interest in the Espresso Foundation’s genesis mint far exceeded our expectations. The Composables were never intended as a typical NFT collection, but as the first to showcase the composability enabled by Espresso-integrated chains. Starting with bridgeless minting, we'll showcase how Espresso enables crosschain interactions that are fast, secure, and seamless. No more waiting for bridges, no more liquidity concerns, no more ...

First movers deserve recognition. Today, the Espresso Foundation launches the Espresso Partner Program, a seasonal incentive program that rewards those pioneering teams that have integrated with or contributed to the Espresso Network. By aligning incentives through strategic token allocations, we aim to foster innovation, strengthen Espresso’s burgeoning community, and accelerate adoption of Espresso as the fastest growing ecosystem of interconnected chains in the Ethereum ecosystem and beyon...