According to Jordi Baylina, the technical lead of Polygon Hermez zkEVM, healthy competition is driving the development of zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machines (zkEVMs) within the Ethereum ecosystem. In an interview with Cointelegraph ahead of EthCC in France, Baylina highlighted the importance of zero-knowledge proofs (ZK-proofs) in scaling the Ethereum network, with various builders in the Ethereum ecosystem focusing on ZK-proof scaling tools.
Polygon’s zkEVM utilizes ZK-proofs to increase the throughput of the Ethereum network and reduce transaction costs, while leveraging the security and finality of the layer-1 blockchain. ZK-proofs enable off-chain transaction computations, with resource-lite proofs provided to the Ethereum mainnet without revealing sensitive data.
Baylina emphasized the benefits of having multiple projects working with ZK technology, as it brings diverse experiences and allows for testing different approaches and solutions. Failures also serve as learning opportunities for all ZK-based projects in the space. Polygon’s zkEVM is already live on the Ethereum mainnet, with close to 250,000 unique active addresses and increasing daily active addresses, indicating growing user adoption.
Baylina highlighted that the number of applications building on Polygon zkEVM is the most crucial metric for his team. Feedback and input from developers shape changes to the protocol, and addressing the needs of different applications is a priority. Baylina provided an example of developers identifying issues with timestamps critical for decentralized finance oracles. His team found a workaround solution while developing a long-term fix. This collaboration and feedback from builders contribute to the improvement and growth of the protocol.
Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal previously described Polygon’s zkEVM as the “holy grail of Ethereum scaling,” enabling the submission of proofs to the Ethereum mainnet without the need for the layer-1 blockchain to rerun computations. This technology aims to significantly scale Ethereum, empowering developers to build decentralized applications without being limited by the network performance of the base blockchain.
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