Launching this October, Forte is the Flow network upgrade that unlocks the next generation of consumer applications.
Forte upgrades Flow with the tools and performance to make Flow the best-in-class option for developers looking to build on and with AI. By tapping in the developer friendliness of Cadence, launching new features, creating a library of components for developers to build from, upgrading the protocol and refining Flow tokenomics, Forte makes the dream of building consumer-ready onchain applications with AI a reality.
Launching alongside Forte are a series of apps and upgrades by current and new builders on Flow designed to take advantage of the latest functionality – and bring a new generation of apps, games, and the digital assets that power them to Flow.
Dieter Shirley, the Chief Architect of Flow, will be diving into more of Flow Actions and Agents - key parts of the Forte upgrade - on Thursday, August 14th, at Pragma New York. Set to take the main stage just before the ETHGlobal hackathon, his talk will empower the next generation of builders to get a look at these new features and help them envision what Forte will do for developers in October.
It’s the foundation for a new generation of apps. Apps that can be built onchain, composable, and fully automated.
Flow’s momentum is building
- The most-built-on L1 at every Ethereum Global hackathon in the past six months. From Denver, Taipei, Prague and Cannes, Flow has grown its global developer ecosystem.
- #1 in Monthly Active Developer growth surpassing all EVM networks as well as Sui and Solana. (As measured by Electric Capital)
- TVL has more than doubled in recent months and Stablecoin volumes are hitting all time highs, with Forte set to unlock the next wave
Existing apps are entering their stride.
Across Flow, leading apps are entering their prime time:
- Home Of Sports: Both NBA Top Shot and NFL All Day have exciting momentum in the lead up to the start of their seasons, while MFL and AiSports have kicked-off already, supercharging their content with effective usage of AI and AI tooling on Flow.
- Collectibles Communities: Disney Pinnacle, Beezie, Tibles, Mattel, CryptoKitties, and more are growing engaged onchain communities through beloved brands. In parallel, applications like Flowty and Vaultopolis have built additional ecosystems around these communities, enabling novel use cases.
- DeFi Anchors: More Markets, and Kitty Punch are seeing rapid growth as newer protocols in the ecosystem, as Flow becomes a top 50 network by TVL. At Ankr, Flow is the second-highest TVL asset with over 39 million FLOW staked, trailing only Ethereum.
- Cross-Chain Readiness: LayerZero, Ankr, Dynamic, OpenSea, Axelar, CrossMint, BuildTree, Relay, Moralis, Privy, SquidRouter, and others have joined the Flow ecosystem, enabling developers to build across multiple ecosystems easier than ever before.
These are apps with traction, users, and serious momentum and they’re ready for what Forte unlocks next.
Now is the best time to build on Flow.
Flow’s ecosystem has been expanding fast and with Actions and Agents, developers will be supercharged to build just as fast.
Forte lands in October.
The infrastructure is ready. The apps are ready. The ecosystem is ready. It’s launch time.
Don’t watch it happen. Build what’s next.
