Today we're excited to announce Plonky2, our groundbreaking proof system and a major milestone for zero-knowledge cryptography and Ethereum scaling ππ«
Crypto runs on the open source ethos. When projects donβt follow it, the ecosystem suffers.
We were disappointed to see that @zksync copied our code without attribution and made misleading claims about the original work, so we wrote this post.
1/8 It's official: #Polygon welcomes @MirProtocol, a groundbreaking ZK startup in a $400M deal!
Mir's amazing team developed the worldβs fastest ZK scaling tech; we are joining hands to utilize it and build Polygon Zero - a highly-scalable, Ethereum-compatible ZK Rollup. π¦π«
Yesterday we made a big announcement about Plonky2, our groundbreaking proof system, which is natively compatible with Ethereum and generates zero-knowledge proofs in 0.17s on a commodity laptop. Read all about it here! ππ«
Zero-Knowledge Rollups or Optimistic Rollups?
For @bfarmer of @0xPolygonZero, the choice is clear. Read more about why #Polygon is optimistic about #ZKRollups as the future of scaling #Ethereum! [1/3]
Thank you to the ZK and crypto communities for your support.
It was amazing to see the pioneers of ZK scaling, the inventors of STARKs and PLONK (the foundation of our work, including Plonky2), speak out to uphold the open source ethos.
Crypto runs on the open source ethos. When projects donβt follow it, the ecosystem suffers.
We were disappointed to see that @zksync copied our code without attribution and made misleading claims about the original work, so we wrote this post.
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Polygon Zero is hiring a Chief of Operations! If this looks like something you (or someone you know) would be good at, send us an application π€ππ« jobs.lever.co/Polygon/25ffdeβ¦
Itβs crucial that we, as a crypto community, call out failures to embody the values that make this space great.
We have to continue to incentivize the collaborative spirit of open-source development. If we fail to do so, weβll be no better than the Web2 monopolies.
Last week, our very own @bfarmer wrote a detailed piece on why we believe ZK tech is the future of Ethereum scaling. Dig into it! You'll probably learn something... ππ«