# Fluent: A Highly Efficient, EVM-Compatible Layer 2 Solution for Rust, TypeScript, and More

By [kejanow](https://paragraph.com/@logart) · 2025-05-06

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Fluent: A Highly Efficient, EVM-Compatible Layer 2 Solution for Rust, TypeScript, and More

I've done some research on Fluent and it's truly a Layer 2 (L2) solution that caught my attention and impressed me a lot. It offers significant ease for developers who want to build applications on Ethereum without dealing with existing tools and languages, making their work much simpler.

The core issue is this: Ethereum is a powerful and secure platform, but building applications on top of it is still difficult. Developers either need to learn Solidity or deeply understand the EVM architecture. This makes it very hard for many people to enter the Ethereum ecosystem.

This is where Fluent comes in. It offers three main things:

*   **ZK Rollup infrastructure** ensures both security and reduced transaction costs. This makes high-performance applications possible.
    
*   **A Wasm-based execution environment**, which allows developers to build in popular languages like Rust and TypeScript. In my opinion, this is a huge advantage — it makes blockchain development accessible without having to learn a completely new language.
    
*   **EVM compatibility is maintained**, so integrations with tools like MetaMask, as well as Solidity contracts and other EVM-based solutions, are still possible.
    

It's currently in the testnet phase, but it looks like it's going to launch soon. They've also launched a program for early-stage developers. They're being very transparent on the technical side as well — stating that they’ll share content on ZK performance, rollup design, platform risk, and more.

In short, I see Fluent as a technically solid project that is genuinely focused on improving the developer experience. My advice: try to get the Discord roles early!

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*Originally published on [kejanow](https://paragraph.com/@logart/fluent-a-highly-efficient-evm-compatible-layer-2-solution-for-rust-typescript-and-more)*