# Do Appchains Make Sense?

*Author: Bankless*
*Published: Oct 22, 2024*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/appchains-make-sense*

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When Do Appchains Actually Make Sense?
  
  
   
     
     Bankless Author: 
     
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        Jack Inabinet](https://x.com/JackInabinet)
     
    
 

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2024/10/image---2024-10-22T154335.209.png)](https://www.bankless.com/when-do-appchains-actually-make-sense)As Ethereum continues steadfast in its pursuit of rollup-centric scaling, one glaring question continues to go unanswered: *when do appchains actually make sense?*

Uniswap’s recent [announcement](https://www.bankless.com/unichain-uniswap) of the Unichain has reignited debate about when it's appropriate for an application to launch its own chain, and although community consensus has yet to be definitively reached, Unichain appears to be a perfect case study for this broader question.

*Today, we’re dissecting two drastically different rollup-based constructs and discussing why not all appchains are created equal *👇

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