{"id":86731,"date":"2023-11-07T20:27:48","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T18:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=86731"},"modified":"2025-09-13T07:24:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T04:24:19","slug":"nil-foundation-unveils-zk-rollups-built-with-sharding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/nil-foundation-unveils-zk-rollups-built-with-sharding\/","title":{"rendered":"Nil Foundation unveils zk-Rollups built with sharding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nil Foundation startup unveiled zkSharding, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-rollups-and-how-do-they-scale-ethereum\">ZK-Rollups<\/a> built using <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-sharding\">sharding<\/a> technology.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">1\/<\/p>\n<p>Introducing =nil; \u2014 a zkRollup that securely scales Ethereum to 60,000+ TPS through zkSharding. It takes modular and monolithic architecture advantages for scaling as it maintains unified liquidity and state while achieving full composability with Ethereum.<\/p>\n<p>See the thread <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/8cjhAXusbG\\\">pic.twitter.com\/8cjhAXusbG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 =nil; Foundation (@nil_foundation) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nil_foundation\/status\/1721918422198386966?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">November 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The new development represents an alternative scaling approach, envisioning the integration of several shards into a single execution level (<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-layer%e2%80%912-solution-in-blockchain\">L2<\/a>). This approach combines modular and monolithic architectures, suitable for <span data-descr=\\\"decentralized applications\\\" class=\\\"old_tooltip\\\">dapps<\/span> with intensive data usage.<\/p>\n<p>The second-layer zkSharding will run on zkEVM technology, promising support for a broad range of decentralized applications.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\"><p>\n<cite>\u201cWe are thrilled to finally announce the availability of zkSharding to a broader Ethereum developer community, making it suitable for launching high-load, data-intensive applications such as decentralized sequencers, data availability solutions, exchanges, autonomous worlds, and so on,\u201d said Nil Foundation CEO and co-founder Mikhail Komarov.<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The representatives of the startup are confident that zkSharding can &#8216;safely scale&#8217; the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, delivering throughput of 60,000 <span data-descr=\\\"number of transactions per second\\\" class=\\\"old_tooltip\\\">TPS<\/span> and above.<\/p>\n<p>Sharding has long been an integral part of <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-on-ethereums-roadmap\">Ethereum&#8217;s roadmap<\/a>, envisaging parallel processing and validation of transactions to reduce user costs and increase operation speeds.<\/p>\n<p>According to the developers, zkSharding combines various architectural principles. The system consists of a main shard, where <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-zero-knowledge-proof\">zero-knowledge proofs<\/a> authenticate transactions as part of the second-layer construction. Sub-shards serve to increase throughput.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2018, Nil Foundation developed the Proof Market protocol. It enables blockchains and L1 and L2 protocols to generate zero-knowledge proofs on demand.<\/p>\n<p>In January, the startup <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/nil-foundation-behind-zkp-based-proof-market-raises-22-million\">raised $22 million<\/a> at a valuation of $220 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nil Foundation startup unveiled zkSharding, a ZK-Rollup solution built using sharding technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1142,1179,2127],"class_list":["post-86731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cryptography","tag-layer-2-solutions","tag-sharding"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"19","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86731"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86733,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86731\/revisions\/86733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}