Load Network Bundler

The LN Bundler is the fastest, cheapest and most scalable way to store EVM data onchain

⚡ Quickstart

To upload data to Load Network with the alphanet bundling service, see here in the quickstart docs for the upload SDK and example repository.

About

Load Network Bundler is a data protocol specification and library that introduces the first bundled EVM transactions format. This protocol draws inspiration from Arweave's ANS-102 specification.

Bundler as data protocol and library is still in PoC (Proof of Concept) phase - not recommended for production usage, testing purposes only.

For the JS/TS version of LN bundles, click here.

Advantages of Load Network bundled transactions

• Reduces transaction overhead fees from multiple fees (n) per n transaction to a single fee per bundle of envelopes (n transactions)

• Enables third-party services to handle bundle settlement on LN (will be decentralized with LOAD1)

• Maximizes the TPS capacity of LN without requiring additional protocol changes or constraints

• Supports relational data grouping by combining multiple related transactions into a single bundle

Protocol Specification

Nomenclature

• Bundler: Refers to the data protocol specification of the EVM bundled transactions on Load Network.

• Envelope: A legacy EVM transaction that serves as the fundamental building block and composition unit of a Bundle.

• Bundle: An EIP-1559 transaction that groups multiple envelopes (n > 0), enabling efficient transaction batching and processing.

• Large Bundle: A transaction that carries multiple bundles.

• Bundler Lib: Refers to the Bundler Rust library that facilitates composing and propagating Bundler's bundles.

1. Bundle Format

A bundle is a group of envelopes organized through the following process:

1. Envelopes MUST be grouped in a vector

2. The bundle is Borsh serialized according to the BundleData type

3. The resulting serialization vector is compressed using Brotli compression

4. The Borsh-Brotli serialized-compressed vector is added as input (calldata) to an EIP-1559 transaction

5. The resulting bundle is broadcasted on Load Network with target set to 0xbabe addresses based on bundle version.

pub struct BundleData {
    pub envelopes: Vec<TxEnvelopeWrapper>,
}

Envelope Lifecycle

Bundles Versioning

Bundles versioning is based on the bundles target address:

Bundle Version	Bundler Target Acronym	Bundler Target Address
v0.1.0	0xbabe1	0xbabe1d25501157043c7b4ea7CBC877B9B4D8A057
v0.2.0	0xbabe2	0xbabe2dCAf248F2F1214dF2a471D77bC849a2Ce84

2. Envelope Format

An envelope is a signed Legacy EVM transaction with the following MUSTs and restrictions.

pub struct Tag {
    pub name: String,
    pub value: String,
}

pub struct EnvelopeSignature {
    pub y_parity: bool,
    pub r: String,
    pub s: String,
}

pub struct TxEnvelopeWrapper {
    pub chain_id: u64,
    pub nonce: u64,
    pub gas_price: u128,
    pub gas_limit: u64,
    pub to: String,
    pub value: String,
    pub input: String,
    pub hash: String,
    pub signature: EnvelopeSignature,
    pub tags: Option<Vec<Tag>>,
}

1. Transaction Fields

   • nonce: MUST be 0

   • gas_limit: MUST be 0

   • gas_price: MUST be 0

   • value: MUST be 0

2. Size Restrictions

   • Total Borsh-Brotli compressed envelopes (Bundle data) MUST be under 9 MB

   • Total Tags bytes size must be <= 2048 bytes before compression.

3. Signature Requirements

   • each envelope MUST have a valid signature

4. Usage Constraints

   • MUST be used strictly for data settling on Load Network

   • MUST only contain envelope's calldata, with optional target setting (default fallback to ZERO address)

   • CANNOT be used for:

     • tLOAD transfers

     • Contract interactions

     • Any purpose other than data settling

3. Transaction Type Choice

The selection of transaction types follows clear efficiency principles. Legacy transactions were chosen for envelopes due to their minimal size (144 bytes), making them the most space-efficient option for data storage. EIP-1559 transactions were adopted for bundles as the widely accepted standard for transaction processing.

EVM transaction types - size in bytes

4. Notes

• Envelopes exist as signed Legacy transactions within bundles but operate under distinct processing rules - they are not individually processed by the Load Network as transactions, despite having the structure of a Legacy transaction (signed data with a Transaction type). Instead, they are bundled together and processed as a single onchain transaction (therefore the advantage of Bundler).

• Multiple instances of the same envelope within a bundle are permissible and do not invalidate either the bundle or the envelopes themselves. These duplicate instances are treated as copies sharing the same timestamp when found in a single bundle. When appearing across different bundles, they are considered distinct instances with their respective bundle timestamps (valid envelopes and considered as copies of distinct timestamps).

• Since envelopes are implemented as signed Legacy transactions, they are strictly reserved for data settling purposes. Their use for any other purpose is explicitly prohibited for the envelope's signer security.

Large Bundle

About

A Large Bundle is a bundle under version 0xbabe2 that exceeds the Load Network L1 and 0xbabe1 transaction size limits, introducing incredibly high size efficiency to data settling on LN. For example, with Alphanet v0.4.0 running @ 500 mgas/s, a Large Bundle has a max size of 246 GB. For the sake of DevX and simplicity of the current 0xbabe2 stack, Large Bundles in the Bundler SDK have been limited to 2GB, while on the network level, the size is 246GB.

SuperAccount

A Super Account is a set of wallets created and stored as keystore wallets locally under your chosen directory. In Bundler terminology, each wallet is called a "chunker". Chunkers optimize the DevX of uploading LB chunks to LN by splitting each chunk to a chunker (~4MB per chunker), moving from a single-wallet single-threaded design in data uploads to a multi-wallet multi-threaded design.

use bundler::utils::core::super_account::SuperAccount;
// init SuperAccount instance
let super_account = SuperAccount::new()
    .keystore_path(".bundler_keystores".to_string())
    .pwd("weak-password".to_string()) // keystore pwd
    .funder("private-key".to_string()) // the pk that will fund the chunkers
    .build();
// create chunkers
let _chunkers = super_account.create_chunkers(Some(256)).await.unwrap(); // Some(amount) of chunkers
// fund chunkers (1 tWVM each)
let _fund = super_account.fund_chunkers().await.unwrap(); // will fund each chunker by 1 tWVM
// retrieve chunkers
let loaded_chunkers = super_account.load_chunkers(None).await.unwrap(); // None to load all chunkers

Architecture design

Large Bundles are built on top of the Bundler data specification. In simple terms, a Large Bundle consists of n smaller chunks (standalone bundles) that are sequentially connected tail-to-head and then at the end the Large Bundle is a reference to all the sequentially related chunks, packing all of the chunks IDs in a single 0xbabe2 bundle and sending it to Load Network.

0xbabe2 transaction lifecycle

Large Bundle Size Calculation

Determining Number of Chunks

To store a file of size S (in MB) with a chunk size C, the number of chunks (N) is calculated as:

N = ⌊S/C⌋ + [(S mod C) > 0]

Special case: if S < C then N = 1

Maximum Theoretical Size

The bundling actor collects all hash receipts of the chunks, orders them in a list, and uploads this list as a LN L1 transaction. The size components of a Large Bundle are:

• 2 Brackets [ ] = 2 bytes

• EVM transaction header without "0x" prefix = 64 bytes per hash

• 2 bytes for comma and space (one less comma at the end, so subtract 2 from total)

• Size per chunk's hash = 68 bytes

Therefore: Total hashes size = 2 + (N × 68) - 2 = 68N bytes

Maximum Capacity Calculation

• Maximum L1 transaction input size (C_tx) = 4 MB = 4_194_304 bytes

• Maximum number of chunks (Σn) = C_tx ÷ 68 = 4_194_304 ÷ 68 = 61_680 chunks

• Maximum theoretical Large Bundle size (C_max) = Σn × C_tx = 61_680 × 4 MB = 246,720 MB ≈ 246.72 GB

Load Network Bundles Limitation

Network gaslimit	L1 tx input size	0xbabe1 size	0xbabe2 size
500 mgas/s (current)	4MB	4MB	246 GB
1 gigagas/s (upcoming)	8MB	8MB	492 GB

Bundler Library

Import Bundler in your project

bundler = { git = "https://github.com/weaveVM/bundler", branch = "main" }

0xbabe1 Bundles

Build an envelope, build a bundle

use bundler::utils::core::envelope::Envelope;
use bundler::utils::core::bundle::Bundle;
use bundler::utils::core::tags::Tag;


// Envelope
let envelope = Envelope::new()
    .data(byte_vec)
    .target(address)
    .tags(tags)
    .build()?;

// Bundle
let bundle_tx = Bundle::new()
    .private_key(private_key)
    .envelopes(envelopes)
    .build()
    .propagate()
    .await?;

Example: Build a bundle packed with envelopes

async fn send_bundle_without_target() -> eyre::Result<String> {
    // will fail until a tLOAD funded EOA (pk) is provided
    let private_key = String::from("");
    
    let mut envelopes: Vec<Envelope> = vec![];
    
    for _ in 0..10 {
        let random_calldata: String = generate_random_calldata(128_000); // 128 KB of random calldata
        let envelope_data = serde_json::to_vec(&random_calldata).unwrap();
        
        let envelope = Envelope::new()
            .data(Some(envelope_data))
            .target(None)
            .build()?;
            
        envelopes.push(envelope);
    }
    
    let bundle_tx = Bundle::new()
        .private_key(private_key)
        .envelopes(envelopes)
        .build()
        .propagate()
        .await?;
        
    Ok(bundle_tx)
}

Example: Send tagged envelopes

    async fn send_envelope_with_tags() -> eyre::Result<String> {
        // will fail until a tLOAD funded EOA (pk) is provided
        let private_key = String::from("");

        let mut envelopes: Vec<Envelope> = vec![];
        
        // add your tags to a vector
        let tags = vec![Tag::new(
            "Content-Type".to_string(),
            "text/plain".to_string(),
        )];

        for _ in 0..1 {
            let random_calldata: String = generate_random_calldata(128_000); // 128 KB of random calldata
            let envelope_data = serde_json::to_vec(&random_calldata).unwrap();
            let envelope = Envelope::new()
                .data(Some(envelope_data))
                .target(None)
                .tags(Some(tags.clone())) // add your tags
                .build()
                .unwrap();
            envelopes.push(envelope);
        }

        let bundle_tx = Bundle::new()
            .private_key(private_key)
            .envelopes(envelopes)
            .build()
            .expect("REASON")
            .propagate()
            .await
            .unwrap();
        
        Ok(bundle_tx)
    }

0xbabe2 Large Bundle

Example: construct and disperse a Large Bundle single-threaded

use bundler::utils::core::large_bundle::LargeBundle;

    async fn send_large_bundle_without_super_account() -> eyre::Result<String> {
        let private_key = String::from("");
        let content_type = "text/plain".to_string();
        let data = "~UwU~".repeat(4_000_000).as_bytes().to_vec();

        let large_bundle = LargeBundle::new()
            .data(data)
            .private_key(private_key)
            .content_type(content_type)
            .chunk()
            .build()?
            .propagate_chunks()
            .await?
            .finalize()
            .await?;

        Ok(large_bundle_hash)
    }

Example: construct and disperse a Large Bundle multi-threaded

    async fn send_large_bundle_with_super_account() {
        // will fail until a tLOAD funded EOA (pk) is provided, take care about nonce if same wallet is used as in test_send_bundle_with_target
        let private_key = String::from("");
        let content_type = "text/plain".to_string();
        let data = "~UwU~".repeat(8_000_000).as_bytes().to_vec();
        let super_account = SuperAccount::new()
            .keystore_path(".bundler_keystores".to_string())
            .pwd("test".to_string());

        let large_bundle = LargeBundle::new()
            .data(data)
            .private_key(private_key)
            .content_type(content_type)
            .super_account(super_account)
            .chunk()
            .build()
            .unwrap()
            .super_propagate_chunks()
            .await
            .unwrap()
            .finalize()
            .await
            .unwrap();

        println!("{:?}", large_bundle);
    }

Example: Retrieve Large Bundle data

    async fn retrieve_large_bundle() -> eyre::Result<Vec<u8>> {
        let large_bundle = LargeBundle::retrieve_chunks_receipts(
            "0xb58684c24828f8a80205345897afa7aba478c23005e128e4cda037de6b9ca6fd".to_string(),
        )
        .await?
        .reconstruct_large_bundle()
        .await?;
        
        Ok(large_bundle)
    }

For more examples, check the tests in lib.rs.

HTTP API

• Base endpoint: https://bundler.load.rs/

Retrieve full envelopes data of a given bundle

GET /v1/envelopes/:bundle_txid

Retrieve full envelopes data of a given bundle (with from's envelope property derived from sig)

GET /v1/envelopes-full/:bundle_txid

Retrieve envelopes ids of a given bundle

GET /v1/envelopes/ids/:bundle_txid

N.B: All of the /v1 methods (0xbabe1) are available under /v2 for 0xbabe2 Large Bundles.

Resolve the content of a Large Bundle (not efficient, experimental)

GET /v2/resolve/:large_bundle_txid

Cost Efficiency: some comparisons

SSTORE2 VS LN L1 calldata

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In the comparison below, we tested data settling of 1MB of non-zero bytes. LN's pricing of non-zero bytes (8 gas) and large transaction data size limit (8MB) allows us to fit the whole MB in a single transaction, paying a single overhead fee.

Chain	File Size (bytes)	Number of Contracts/Tx	Gas Used	Gas Price (Gwei)	Cost in Native	Native Price (USD)	Total (USD)
LN L1 Calldata	1,000,000	1	8,500,000 (8M for calldata & 500k as base gas fee)	1 Gwei	-	-	~$0.05
Ethereum L1	1,000,000	41	202,835,200 gas	20 Gwei	4.056704	$3641.98	$14774.43
Polygon Sidechain	1,000,000	41	202,835,200 gas	40 Gwei (L1: 20 Gwei)	8.113408	$0.52	$4.21
BSC L1	1,000,000	41	202,835,200 gas	5 Gwei	1.014176	$717.59	$727.76
Arbitrum (Optimistic L2)	1,000,000	41	202,835,200 gas (+15,000,000 L1 gas)	0.1 Gwei (L1: 20 Gwei)	0.020284 (+0.128168 L1 fee)	$3641.98	$540.66
Avalanche L1	1,000,000	41	202,835,200 gas	25 Gwei	5.070880	$43.90	$222.61
Base (Optimistic L2)	1,000,000	41	202,835,200 gas (+15,000,000 L1 gas)	0.001 Gwei (L1: 20 Gwei)	0.000203 (+0.128168 L1 fee)	$3641.98	$467.52
Optimism (Optimistic L2)	1,000,000	41	202,835,200 gas (+15,000,000 L1 gas)	0.001 Gwei (L1: 20 Gwei)	0.000203 (+0.128168 L1 fee)	$3641.98	$467.52
Blast (Optimistic L2)	1,000,000	41	202,835,200 gas (+15,000,000 L1 gas)	0.001 Gwei (L1: 20 Gwei)	0.000203 (+0.128168 L1 fee)	$3641.98	$467.52
Linea (ZK L2)	1,000,000	41	202,835,200 gas (+12,000,000 L1 gas)	0.05 Gwei (L1: 20 Gwei)	0.010142 (+0.072095 L1 fee)	$3641.98	$299.50
Scroll (ZK L2)	1,000,000	41	202,835,200 gas (+12,000,000 L1 gas)	0.05 Gwei (L1: 20 Gwei)	0.010142 (+0.072095 L1 fee)	$3641.98	$299.50
Moonbeam (Polkadot)	1,000,000	41	202,835,200 gas (+NaN L1 gas)	100 Gwei	20.283520	$0.27	$5.40
Polygon zkEVM (ZK L2)	1,000,000	41	202,835,200 gas (+12,000,000 L1 gas)	0.05 Gwei (L1: 20 Gwei)	0.010142 (+0.072095 L1 fee)	$3641.98	$299.50
Solana L1	1,000,000	98	490,000 imports	N/A	0.000495 (0.000005 deposit)	$217.67	$0.11

SSTORE2 VS LN L1 Calldata VS LN Bundler 0xbabe1

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Now let's take the data even higher, but for simplicity, let's not fit the whole data in a single LN L1 calldata transaction. Instead, we'll split it into 1MB transactions (creating multiple data settlement overhead fees): 5MB, 5 txs of 1 MB each:

Chain	File Size (bytes)	Number of Contracts/Tx	Gas Used	Gas Price (Gwei)	Cost in Native	Native Price (USD)	Total (USD)
LN Bundler 0xbabe1	5,000,000	1	40,500,000 (40M for calldata & 500k as base gas fee)	1 Gwei	-	-	~$0.25-$0.27
LN L1 Calldata	5,000,000	5	42,500,000 (40M for calldata & 2.5M as base gas fee)	1 Gwei	-	-	~$0.22
Ethereum L1	5,000,000	204	1,009,228,800 gas	20 Gwei	20.184576	$3650.62	$73686.22
Polygon Sidechain	5,000,000	204	1,009,228,800 gas	40 Gwei (L1: 20 Gwei)	40.369152	$0.52	$20.95
BSC L1	5,000,000	204	1,009,228,800 gas	5 Gwei	5.046144	$717.75	$3621.87
Arbitrum (Optimistic L2)	5,000,000	204	1,009,228,800 gas (+80,000,000 L1 gas)	0.1 Gwei (L1: 20 Gwei)	0.100923 (+0.640836 L1 fee)	$3650.62	$2707.88
Avalanche L1	5,000,000	204	1,009,228,800 gas	25 Gwei	25.230720	$44.01	$1110.40
Base (Optimistic L2)	5,000,000	204	1,009,228,800 gas (+80,000,000 L1 gas)	0.001 Gwei (L1: 20 Gwei)	0.001009 (+0.640836 L1 fee)	$3650.62	$2343.13
Optimism (Optimistic L2)	5,000,000	204	1,009,228,800 gas (+80,000,000 L1 gas)	0.001 Gwei (L1: 20 Gwei)	0.001009 (+0.640836 L1 fee)	$3650.62	$2343.13
Blast (Optimistic L2)	5,000,000	204	1,009,228,800 gas (+80,000,000 L1 gas)	0.001 Gwei (L1: 20 Gwei)	0.001009 (+0.640836 L1 fee)	$3650.62	$2343.13
Linea (ZK L2)	5,000,000	204	1,009,228,800 gas (+60,000,000 L1 gas)	0.05 Gwei (L1: 20 Gwei)	0.050461 (+0.360470 L1 fee)	$3650.62	$1500.16
Scroll (ZK L2)	5,000,000	204	1,009,228,800 gas (+60,000,000 L1 gas)	0.05 Gwei (L1: 20 Gwei)	0.050461 (+0.360470 L1 fee)	$3650.62	$1500.16
Moonbeam (Polkadot)	5,000,000	204	1,009,228,800 gas (+NaN L1 gas)	100 Gwei	100.922880	$0.27	$26.94
Polygon zkEVM (ZK L2)	5,000,000	204	1,009,228,800 gas (+60,000,000 L1 gas)	0.05 Gwei (L1: 20 Gwei)	0.050461 (+0.360470 L1 fee)	$3650.62	$1500.16
Solana L1	5,000,000	489 tx	2445.00k imports	N/A	0.002468 (0.000023 deposit)	$218.44	$0.54

LN L1 Calldata VS LN Bundler 0xbabe1

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Let's compare storing 40 MB of data (40 x 1 MB transactions) using two different methods, considering the 8 MB bundle size limit:

Metric	LN L1 Calldata	LN Bundler
Total Data Size	40 MB	40 MB
Transaction Format	40 separate EIP-1559 transactions	5 bundle transactions (8MB each, 40 * 1MB envelopes)
Transactions per Bundle	1 MB each	8 x 1MB per bundle
Gas Cost per Tx	8.5M gas (8M calldata + 500k base)	64.5M gas (64M + 500k base) per bundle
Number of Base Fees	40	5
Total Gas Used	340M gas (40 x 8.5M)	322.5M gas (5 x 64.5M)
Gas Price	1 Gwei	1 Gwei
Total Cost	~$1.5-1.7	~$1.3
Cost Savings	-	~15% cheaper

Table data sources

• Load Network price calculator
• EVM storage calculator

Source Code

https://github.com/weaveVM/bundler