Polygon aims to debut zkEVM, a zero-knowledge scaling solution for Layer 2, on mainnet beta on March 27.
Polygon plans to release zkEVM, a new Layer 2 scaling solution, to the mainnet on March 27. zkEVM will be a zero-knowledge or ZK-Rollup that performs off-chain computations on a secondary layer enabling faster, cheaper, and more secure transactions. The objective is to expand the scaling capabilities of the Ethereum network.
Polygon asserts that its zkEVM would be identical to Ethereum’s Virtual Machine, which would imply that the network will support the same code as Ethereum. Due to this, developers will be able to migrate Ethereum applications to Polygon’s zkEVM network without requiring significant modifications.
“Polygon zkEVM is the benchmark for EVM-equivalence, having passed all Ethereum test vectors applicable to a zkEVM. Copy-and-paste code that works on Ethereum may be used to construct on Polygon zkEVM “In a statement shared with The Block, the team stated.
Despite the growth of Layer 2 solutions like Arbitrum and Optimism, which are Optimistic Rollup-based, zero-knowledge Layer 2 solutions lack Ethereum compatibility at now.
zkEVM has been under development for more than a year and has undergone two independent security audits. Polygon zkEVM, Starknet, zkSync, and Scroll have battled aggressively over the past year to develop a ZK-based Layer 2 that can enable Ethereum applications. None of them has yet made a product available to the public.
However, this could change with the release of Polygon’s zkEVM, despite the possibility of last-minute development issues. In October, the competitor of Polygon, zkSync, announced a zkEVM solution for internal use exclusively.
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