Mapping Out Flow Blockchain Ecosystem

CryptoKitties, sometimes regarded as one of the pioneering NFT blockchain projects, was created by Canadian-based Dapper Labs in 2017. The rise of the NFT market in recent years has exacerbated Ethereum congestion, which led Dapper Labs to create a purpose-built Layer-1 chain that was NFT-focused and scalable called Flow.

Scaling on Flow, which includes low fees and additional throughput, is enabled by dividing the network's validation responsibilities among different types of nodes, as The Block Research describes in this piece. With this architecture, Flow can maintain composability and decentralization as long as each node type is controlled by a diverse set of users.