The Polygon project unveiled the final pre-mainnet version of its test network for scaling Ethereum called zkEVM.
SO MUCH going on for Polygon #zkEVM:
✅Public testnet live in Oct
✅Audit underway
✅Launched @0xPolygonZK, the all-things ZK handleToday, recursion is a reality:
✅Final testnet for an upgraded Polygon zkEVMWhat else was upgraded? Read more👇https://t.co/McTfdAlXmX
— Polygon — MATIC 💜 (@0xPolygon) December 22, 2022
The team launched a public testnet for Polygon zkEVM in October 2022.
According to the statement, with the latest code updates, most of the expected features of the solution have been implemented in its second test iteration.
The capabilities of the latest version are fully equivalent to the forthcoming mainnet, aside from potential fixes based on the audit results. Earlier, the team commissioned two external firms to analyse 37 components of zkEVM. The timelines for completion are unknown.
The key improvements in the final testnet were:
- The introduction of recursion, enabling a single zero-knowledge proof (ZK) to verify a batch of others’ proofs;
- Support for parallel operation of multiple “provers” to improve scalability. Proofs are generated faster and at lower cost for users (currently $0.04 per transaction);
- Implementation of transaction aggregation to batch them for processing.
The team recommended users migrate to the new testnet version, since the old one will be deprecated on 5 January 2023.
As of Dec. 20, the network had 2,264 smart contracts deployed, 10,508 wallets registered, 21,966 transactions executed, and 14,930 ZK proofs created.
Earlier, in November 2021, the project team announced a new Layer 2 solution for Ethereum based on ZK-Rollups and released its central component—the virtual machine EVM, which uses the zk-STARKs protocol.
In July, the developers unveiled the zkEVM scaling technology.
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