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Four categories, one architecture

Every major approach to onchain execution solves part of the problem. Some discover prices. Some execute trades. Some improve routing. None provides a shared synchronization layer that coordinates prices across venues. Bolt brings together four capabilities that no other architecture combines.
  1. Synchronizes markets: Coordinates pricing across venues instead of optimizing one venue at a time.
  2. Forecasts convergence: Prices where markets are moving, not where they have already been.
  3. Executes onchain: Commits one executable convergence price and settles trades atomically.
  4. Compounds intelligence: Every divergence becomes proprietary training data that continuously improves the engine.

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Capability matrix

Bolt is the only architecture that combines every capability in one onchain system.

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Category-by-category contrast

Each category exists for a reason. Bolt fills the missing role none of them were designed to perform: synchronizing markets.
What they do: Capture cross-venue CEX-DEX arbitrage via exclusive deals with block builders.The structural difference: They run an offchain stack that pays for blockspace and depends on vertical builder integration that regulators are increasingly scrutinizing. They capture one divergence at a time and move on. Bolt is onchain-native with no gatekeeper dependency, forecasts convergence continuously, and records every divergence as data. The mechanism is durable where the builder-deal model is not.

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The three canonical distinctions

Oracles report past prices. Bolt forecasts the near-term fair price and quotes it as an executable convergence price.
Arbitrage executes convergence once and moves on. Bolt forecasts and coordinates convergence continuously, and records every divergence as data.
Market makers optimize execution venue by venue. Bolt synchronizes the whole market to one price.

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Capital efficiency comparison

See Capital Efficiency for the full breakdown of how convergence pricing decouples execution quality from capital depth.

Why Synchronization?

The category thesis: why onchain markets need a shared price layer.

How Bolt Works

The four-step pipeline from market data to settlement.