# Rome Protocol > Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04. - **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/rome-protocol - **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/rome-protocol.json - **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/rome-protocol/llms.txt - **Official website:** https://rome.builders - **Slug:** rome-protocol - **Categories:** developer-tools ## Overview - **Tagline:** Offers a true EVM directly within Solana, enabling one liquidity pool and one state shared across Ethereum and Solana ecosystems. Provides atomic cross-chain composability, full Ethereum tooling compatibility, and allows sovereign chains to use their own token as gas, keeping 100% of the fees. Source: Brand's website (https://rome.builders) · 2026-10-04 - **Description:** Rome Protocol provides a real Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) inside Solana, enabling developers to deploy Solidity smart contracts and use Ethereum tooling directly on Solana's liquidity and state. It facilitates cross-chain composability between EVM and Solana environments, supporting decentralized applications and allowing teams to launch sovereign chains with built-in bridges, oracles, and explorers. Source: Brand's website (https://rome.builders) · 2026-10-04 ## Offerings - **Core capabilities:** - Rome EVM (EVM inside Solana) - Rome Stack - Rome SDK - Sovereign Chains (custom chains with integrated plumbing) - Live Apps (Compound v3 - Aave v3 - Cardo - DEX - Appia as examples). Source: Brand's website (https://rome.builders) · 2026-10-04 - **Pricing:** Custom per chain for gas fees, priced by a Solana DAMM; 100% of gas fees go to the treasury for sovereign chains. Source: Brand's website (https://rome.builders) · 2026-10-04 ## Audience - **Target industry:** Blockchain developers, DeFi protocols, teams looking to launch custom sovereign chains, users seeking cross-chain access to Solana's markets from EVM chains. Source: Brand's website (https://rome.builders) · 2026-10-04 Page last updated 2026-10-17.