### **Canary: Powering the Next Generation of Multichain Apps**

**Canary** is a multichain restaking protocol built to simplify and secure decentralized applications. As more apps go multi-chain to reach broader audiences, existing restaking protocols remain single-chain, causing fragmented security, inefficiency, and complexity in cross-chain deployments.

Unlike single-chain protocols, Canary integrates with established restaking protocols like EigenLayer, Symbiotic and Jito. It **aggregates security** across chains and protocols, making it easier for developers to build cross-chain apps without the complexity of managing different systems.

Building cross-chain **Actively Validated Services (AVS)** is notoriously difficult due to the need to interact with multiple chains and protocols. Canary solves these challenges by:
1. **Aggregating Security** from multiple chains and restaking protocols.
2. Supporting **new asset classes** such as LP tokens and NFTs.
3. Simplifying development through a **Canary Apps**, reducing the complexity for AVS developers.
4. Leveraging the **Canary Attestation Network (CAN)**, which uses **Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs)** to securely run complex applications. The TEE ensures code integrity and confidentiality, publishing attestations on-chain or to a data availability layer like EigenDA, **eliminating the need for peer-to-peer (P2P) consensus**. This drastically reduces overhead and improves scalability, allowing Canary to secure apps without relying on a traditional P2P network. Malicious nodes can be slashed, maintaining a high level of security across the network.
5. Introducing **Evergreen Bonds**, a mechanism that enforces varying notice periods for asset withdrawals, ensuring **sustainable, long-term security**.

At the core of Canary is its **LayerZero DVN**, a cross-chain messaging hub that uses the Canary Attestation Network to verify messages securely with TEE protection. This prevents malicious operators from altering transactions without facing slashing, safeguarding the network's integrity.

By building on Canary, developers gain:
- **Access to multiple chains and protocols** through unified security.
- **Cross-chain flexibility** with simplified AVS development.
- **TEE-backed secure execution** and scalable performance.
- A wide range of supported assets like **NFTs, LP tokens, and real-world assets (RWAs)**.
- **Sustainable security** via **Evergreen Bonds** and customizable notice periods for withdrawals.

In short, Canary solves the fragmented security and complexity of cross-chain restaking by offering **unified security**, **cross-chain compatibility**, and **TEE-secured execution**, making it the ideal platform for building and scaling multi-chain apps and AVSs.