Lighter launches EVM development network, supporting direct management of trading orders through smart contracts

The decentralized perpetual contract trading platform Lighter has launched an EVM development network, which was jointly built by Lighter and Axiom and is an EVM equivalent Rollup based on OpenVM. Developers can use tools such as Foundry, Hardhat, Viem, and Ethers to deploy smart contracts, read data from Lighter Core, and directly manage orders. It also supports transferring assets between L1, Lighter Core, and Lighter EVM on the development network. At present, the development team can apply for access permissions through email, and Lighter will open access in batches.