# A Proposal for the Algorand Virtual Machine: Smart Contracts in Layer-0

**URL:** <https://forum.algorand.co/t/a-proposal-for-the-algorand-virtual-machine-smart-contracts-in-layer-0/2493>\
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**Created:** [January 27, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/a-proposal-for-the-algorand-virtual-machine-smart-contracts-in-layer-0/2493 "2021-01-27T14:19:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 22, 2021, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/a-proposal-for-the-algorand-virtual-machine-smart-contracts-in-layer-0/2493/17 "2021-05-22T13:01:46Z")

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@rains thanks for sharing the link! This is really worth exploring for me, as I am looking at the Layer 2 solutions on Algorand. There is an excellent paper (from algorand members) here, see: [mit paper on aardvark](https://people.csail.mit.edu/nickolai/papers/leung-aardvark-eprint.pdf)

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