Why Collect chose Celestia for its blockchain stack? April 28, 2026 Collect built a blockchain specifically for digital collectibles like Disney, Marvel, and Star Wars instead of using a general-purpose chain. The idea was simple - when you deal with licensed IP, you can't rely on best effort systems. Royalties need to work every time, ownership rules need to be enforced at the protocol level, and the system has to handle huge traffic spikes during major drops without breaking. Instead of trying to fit this into existing blockchains, they built their own chain using Evolve together with Celestia Labs. This setup is important because it removes a lot of the usual blockchain overhead. There is no need to build and maintain a validator set, no token emissions just to secure the network, and no constant coordination with validators for upgrades. The focus shifts away from infrastructure maintenance and fully toward the product. Celestia plays a key role here as the data availability layer. Collect doesn't have to handle all data storage and availability itself. Instead, it publishes its data to Celestia, which guarantees that the data is available and verifiable. This means the chain can stay lightweight while still inheriting strong security guarantees. At the same time, costs become more usage-based - you only pay for the data you actually use instead of paying for a full security system all the time. This architecture is what allows Collect to achieve high performance and stability while staying flexible. The system can process large-scale NFT activity, handle millions of assets, and still remain consistent even during heavy demand like major drops from brands such as Disney or Marvel. A good example is VeVe, the main application on Collect. It already has over 800,000 collectors and millions of NFTs sold, with direct partnerships across major global IPs. All of this runs on top of a system designed specifically for this use case, not a general blockchain trying to adapt to it. The migration of millions of assets happened without users needing to do anything. Everything - ownership, metadata, editions - was moved smoothly into the new system. More and more teams are not trying to build everything on a single chain. Instead, they are building purpose-built systems and using modular infrastructure like Celestia underneath to handle the hard parts. The question is no longer whether you can build on a general-purpose chain. It's whether building a dedicated system on top of modular infrastructure makes more sense for your application.

On the other hand, CNF reported that in mid-April, Celestia had launched a testnet called Mamo-1.