A New Chapter for FORT

Forta has evolved - Firewall is becoming the default “security and compliance layer” for rollups, and the narrative around FORT needs to evolve in parallel. This post highlights tactical steps the Foundation and community are taking to ensure the value created by Firewall flows back to FORT, and lays out an ambitious vision for FORT in a future where Firewall screens the world’s transaction flow. 

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Firewall is the “security and compliance layer”

The Firewall launch last year ushered in Forta 2.0 and marked our transition from threat detection to threat prevention. By integrating into chains and sitting in the transaction flow, Firewall has high visibility into transactions and can identify and block high risk activity.

Already integrated into major L2s like Plume (RWA) and Mode (DeFAI), Forta Firewall screens around 100,000 transactions daily. Through its partnership with Conduit—the largest RaaS provider with 300+ rollup customers—new chains can integrate Firewall at launch.

We believe in the rollup-centric future of Ethereum and envision thousands of distinct, yet connected rollups supporting the next generation of web applications. The potential TAM of transaction firewalls like Forta is quite literally the world’s transaction volume - billions of transactions per day. 

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Firewall Revenue and Treasury Allocation

As a function-specific layer in the rollup stack, Firewall generates revenue through fees paid by rollups and protocols for screening transactions against various risks. This revenue is expected to scale with the aggregate transactional volume being screened, benefiting from the migration of activity from L1s to L2s and the overall expansion of digital assets.

All Firewall revenue flows back to the Forta treasury, where it will be subject to governance decisions on how best to allocate or utilize these funds. In the future, the community will have the opportunity to propose and vote on various initiatives, such as token buybacks or other programs to support FORT’s utility and liquidity.

Potential uses of Firewall revenue, subject to governance approval, may include:

• Token buybacks
• Liquidity provisioning
• Staking incentives
• Ecosystem growth initiatives

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Tokenomics Update

In a related step to bring more transparency and predictability to the FORT supply, the community just approved FP-8 to remove the minting function and MINTER role from the FORT token contract. This further strengthens FORT’s long-term value by permanently capping its supply at 1 billion tokens, reinforcing trust and transparency in Forta’s economic model.

As of today, 92.6% of all FORT tokens have been unlocked, with vesting schedules for initial contributors and backers set to conclude by September 2025. 

To ensure full transparency, updated token distribution details have been published in the Forta Tokenomics documentation.

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A New Era for FORT and Forta Network

With Forta Firewall pioneering real-time transaction screening and FORT tokenomics evolving to integrate with Firewall adoption mechanisms, these developments mark a notable development in on-chain security.. RWA and institutional DeFi adoption are massive forcing functions for the adoption of security and compliance features—and Forta Firewall is leading the way.

Join us in shaping the future of on-chain security—learn more on the new FORT Token Page.

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