Breaking Boundaries: Polygon Launches 'Type 1 Prover,' a Game-Changer for the Ethereum Ecosystem
Polygon network, unveiled a "Type 1 prover," allowing any Ethereum EVM-compatible blockchain to become a layer-2 network powered by zero-knowledge proofs. This is a major breakthrough for both Polygon and Ethereum, being lauded by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin himself.
On Thursday, Polygon Labs, the developer behind the Polygon network, unveiled a "Type 1 prover," allowing any Ethereum EVM-compatible blockchain to become a layer-2 network powered by zero-knowledge proofs. This is a major breakthrough for both Polygon and Ethereum, being lauded by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin himself.
According to a blog post, this breakthrough will lead to lower costs, lower latency, and a better user experience for all chains built with Polygon CDK. Launched with an open-source license, the Type 1 zkEVM prover is a public good for the benefit and scalability of Ethereum.
The team reveals that the Type 1 will be combined with a new kind of scaling paradigm: aggregation, launched last month. The team continues to explain:
Taken together with the AggLayer, the Type 1 upgrade to the Polygon zkEVM prover enables something unique: It allows you to take an existing EVM chain, without modifications, and then connect that chain—along with all of its users and TVL—directly to the AggLayer, and then to all of the liquidity and value on Ethereum itself.
Brendan Farmer, a co-founder of Polygon, celebrated the new feature, praising Polygon for its technological savvy, he told a leading media outlet:
Polygon has again demonstrated that it leads the industry in the development of ZK technology by delivering a Type 1 zkEVM that is insanely efficient.
The team reveals that multiple projects are interested in this feature, including Immutable zkEVM, Manta Network, and Canto.
These developments are in line with the project's roadmap to upgrade to Polygon 2.0. As CNF reported, the Polygon 2.0 upgrade introduces seamless multi-chain interactions and scalability solutions for the Ethereum network. The upgrade includes the pioneering zkEVM technology, enhancing transaction efficiency while keeping costs low.