The Etrog upgrade for Polygon zkEVM is coming to mainnet.
28 Jan 2024, 20:44
🍋 The Etrog upgrade for Polygon zkEVM is coming to mainnet
Once the upgrade goes live, Polygon zkEVM will likely be the first ZK rollup to reach this milestone — a engineering feat achieved in less than one year. The network will evolve into a Type 2 ZK-EVM, i.e., an EVM-equivalent ZK rollup!
⛓️ What is this important for the blockchain?
- A Type 2 ZK-EVM offers the optimal balance between making it easy for devs to deploy, while still being fast and cheap
⚡ What does this mean for devs?
- Polygon zkEVM has, in effect, met Vitalik's criteria for a Type 2. So you can deploy your code on Polygon zkEVM exactly as it is on Ethereum — just copy-paste and go, no additional auditing or modifications necessary
🖥️ What's the impact from an end user's perspective?
- You don’t need to take any action to continue using Polygon zkEVM
- It’s expected that network efficiency — and overall throughput — will improve making the Polygon zkEVM experience feel smoother