{"id":95130,"date":"2026-03-11T15:57:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T12:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=95130"},"modified":"2026-03-11T16:00:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:00:30","slug":"ethereum-developers-unveil-prototype-of-native-rollups-without-zk-proofs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/ethereum-developers-unveil-prototype-of-native-rollups-without-zk-proofs\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum Developers Unveil Prototype of Native Rollups Without ZK-Proofs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ethrex team, in collaboration with the Ethereum Foundation and L2BEAT, has released the code and documentation for a working environment of <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/native-rollups-what-they-are-and-how-they-could-bring-money-back-to-ethereum\">native rollups<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#8217;ve been working with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kevaundray?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kevaundray<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ladislaus0x?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ladislaus0x<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ethereumfndn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ethereumfndn<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/donnoh_eth?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@donnoh_eth<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/l2beat?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@l2beat<\/a> on a proof of concept of EIP-8079 (native rollups) using <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ethrex_client?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ethrex_client<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Native rollups reuse Ethereum&#8217;s own execution to verify L2 state transitions. No ZK circuits, no fraud\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VVEtwhheLW\">pic.twitter.com\/VVEtwhheLW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ethrex (@ethrex_client) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ethrex_client\/status\/2031356365961122164?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The prototype implements <a href=\"https:\/\/eips.ethereum.org\/EIPS\/eip-8079\">EIP-8079<\/a> using the Ethrex client and introduces a new mechanism \u2014 <span data-descr=\"a special type of smart contracts embedded directly into the node (client) code and executed not by the EVM, but at the native code level\" class=\"old_tooltip\">precompile<\/span> EXECUTE. This mechanism replays <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-layer%e2%80%912-solution-in-blockchain\">L2<\/a> blocks on the mainnet, allowing the latter to independently verify the correctness of operations.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, all <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-rollups-and-how-do-they-scale-ethereum\">rollups<\/a> in Ethereum use <span data-descr=\"Fraud Proof\" class=\"old_tooltip\">fraud proofs<\/span> or <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-zero-knowledge-proof\">ZK<\/a>-schemes for transaction validation. Despite their technical complexity, these solutions have become the industry standard.<\/p>\n<p>Native rollups offer a simpler approach: the mainnet recalculates the state through the EXECUTE precompile. No external proofs are needed \u2014 the base layer verifies everything independently.<\/p>\n<p>If successful, rollups could inherit security and updates directly from Ethereum. Any improvements to the base protocol would automatically apply to second-layer networks, significantly simplifying their long-term maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstration on Ethrex indicates a potential development direction: part of the verification logic could return to the base layer. However, this remains experimental. The current implementation is a <span data-descr=\"Proof-of-Concept, PoC\" class=\"old_tooltip\">proof of concept<\/span>, not a ready-to-use infrastructure. Native rollups are still in the research phase.<\/p>\n<p>The experiment is part of a reassessment of Ethereum&#8217;s scaling strategy. Previously, network co-founder Vitalik Buterin <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/vitalik-buterin-as-ethereum-scales-the-need-for-l2-diminishes\">noted<\/a> that the rollup-centric roadmap remains in place, but the L2 ecosystem is decentralizing more slowly than anticipated.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in March, the programmer <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ethereum-co-founder-advocates-for-ecosystem-overhaul-emphasizing-privacy-and-ai\">urged<\/a> developers to experiment more actively at the application level without compromising the protocol&#8217;s fundamental principles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ethrex team, in collaboration with the Ethereum Foundation and L2BEAT, has released the code and documentation for a working environment of native rollups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Ethrex team releases code for native rollups with Ethereum Foundation and L2BEAT.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[46,1179],"class_list":["post-95130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-ethereum","tag-layer-2-solutions"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"211","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Ethrex team releases code for native rollups with Ethereum Foundation and L2BEAT.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95130","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=95130"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95132,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95130\/revisions\/95132"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}