Matter Labs unveils ZK Stack, a rival to Optimism’s Superchain
The Matter Labs team has unveiled ZK Stack — a modular toolkit for building Hyperchain networks on top of and alongside Ethereum-layer-2 solution zkSync Era.
Meet ZK Stack ?: Your modular framework for building sovereign ZK-powered Hyperchains, based on Era’s open source code.
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The initiative could be a response to a similar move by Optimism, whose developers introduced a comparable project, Superchain.
Based on Hyperchains, the Matter Labs team plans to build a network of interconnected blockchains that use zero-knowledge proofs. It is expected that zkSync Era will become the first “hyperchain.”
“ZK Stack is a way to create and deploy Hyperchains. It is a toolkit that allows the community to extend the system and begin working on realising its mission,” — said Anthony Rose, senior vice-president of technology at Matter Labs.
The architecture enables creating “Hyperchains” at both the second level (working in parallel with zkSync Era) and the third level (built on top of this solution).
Developers can tailor Hyperchains to the intended use of the blockchain. A desirable condition is launching their own sequencer. Matter Labs plans to introduce its decentralized analogue.
“ZK Stack will give developers full sovereignty. From choosing the data-availability mode to using its own utility token to decentralise the sequencer. The open-source framework is compatible with EVM, battle-tested and future-ready,” — the developers explained.
Hyperchains may interest teams that require:
- a lightweight sequencer with low Rollups latencyRollups;
- dapps, which can interact without the trust assumptions inherent in bridges;
- a closed private network connected to the ecosystem;
- a utility token as the base asset of the developed system.
“Hyperchains” can be connected via the so-called “hyperbridges.” The latter are designed to enable inter-network exchanges. The process will take a few minutes and will cost as much as a regular transaction. The system may resemble Cosmos with its IBC technology.
Like OP Stack, the competitor ZK Stack is available under the MIT/Apache open-source license.
“ZK Stack will give developers full sovereignty. From choosing the data-availability mode to using its own utility token to decentralise the sequencer. The open-source framework is compatible with EVM, battle-tested and future-ready,” — the developers explained.
The architecture enables creating…
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