Today, Polygon, an ethereum (ETH) sidechain, saying they were in the final stage of testing their Zero-Knowledge (ZK) stacks. This is how they evaluated the functionality of the Zero Knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM) prior to mainnet integration. ZK rollups is a layer 2 privacy oriented scaling solution.
Zero Knowledge rollups in their final steps
The Polígono Hermez team has been labor to improve the zkEVM for more than three years. David Schwartz, leader of the Polygon zkEVM and PolygonID project, said that they have successfully demonstrated that ZK proofs are practical on Ethereum. It was after they started more than 12,000 marginal tests on a popular version of the zkEVM network system.
Polygon zkEVM contains the first full version of the source code of the EVM equivalent, zkProver. This version can pass all Ethereum scalar tests with a score greater than 99%. Because the Polygon Hermez team was the first to create native zkEVM, it described performing authenticity tests for traditional user transactions as the “most complex and successful endeavor.”
David added that layer 2 solutions have proven to be critical in driving ethereum’s scalability. His assessment takes into account the gradual improvement in functionality and evolution over time.
Rollups solve the scaling problem faced by some public blockchains, especially Ethereum. By bundling transactions off-chain, block processing is faster, cheaper, and more secure. ZK digests use testing and packet transfers for processing. These proofs are small bits of encrypted information that attest to the veracity and integrity of the contract.
Polygon zkEVM Progress
In October 2022, Polygon launched zkEVM, arguing that it hoped to become the leading network in providing scalability using its innovation on ethereum. Polygon previously predicted zkEVM launch and mainnet integration to be in Q1 2023.
Mihailo Bjelic, co-founder of Polygon, says that large entities and individuals believed it would have taken time to launch zkEVM on the mainnet.
