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- Manta Network is celebrating the integration with Polygon Labs to integrate zkEVM into the Manta Pacific infrastructure.
- Manta Network intends to build using Polygon Chain Development Kit (CDK), an open-source toolkit for building zkEVM L2s.
Polygon and Manta Network have confirmed that they will be partnering to bring Manta Pacific zkEVM via Polygon CDK. This integration is designed to bring stronger security guarantees and improved user experience. Following the Manta Pacific Mainnet Alpha launch in the summer, becoming the premier zero-knowledge (ZK) application hub of web3, the project has announced that its future will be built using Polygon Chain Development Kit (CDK), an open-source toolkit for building zkEVM L2s.
I’m excited to welcome @victorJi15 and his fellow gigabrains of @MantaNetwork to the Polygon Ecosystem. They currently have an optimistic solution with the awesome OP Stack and will be using @0xPolygon CDK to upgrade to a zkEVM, a fully Ethereum secured L2!
This is big. Manta… pic.twitter.com/OXSaW4Nk5L
— Sandeep Nailwal | sandeep. polygon 💜 (@sandeepnailwal) October 16, 2023
A ZK dApp hub, the Manta network is keen on security guarantees and finality to leverage ZK technology. CDK leverages the security of math rather than the social-economic incentives of fraud proofs. In addition, “Manta Pacific requires a modular and sovereign framework that can handle the custom requirements of a unique, ZK dApp ecosystem.” Speaking on the partnership, Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder of Polygon stated;
ZK knows ZK. Manta Pacific is a unique hub of ZK-centered dApps and well-positioned to join an expanding Polygon ZK-powered L2 ecosystem. The network effects are undeniable and growing stronger everyday, meaning expanded access to unified blockspace.
According to the Manta team, the migration to a ZK L2 with Polygon CDK will unlock Manta Pacific’s ultimate vision, to be a robust ZK dApp ecosystem, powered by its Universal Circuits SDK. In a blog post, the team continues to explain;
It should be easy to develop ZK dApps without first understanding the intricacies of cryptography. Universal Circuits and its libraries abstract away the complexity of writing custom ZK circuits, allowing Solidity devs to build things like compliant private payments for DeFi or privacy-preserving identity verification for Web3 social.
The popularity of Zero-Knowledge Proofs can never be questioned considering its increasing use in the crypto ecosystem. It is widely known for its ability to verify information without necessarily disclosing the underlying data. In a recent discussion, co-founder of Polygon Jordi Baylina has explained some of the use cases of Z-Proofs.
According to Baylina, the use of ZKP is never limited to one industry as it has over the years been used for anonymous voting, decentralized games, eliminating fake news from the system, and proving personal information while keeping it away from the public.
Read More: Polygon Pioneers Zero-Knowledge Proofs’ Transformation of Voting and Finance
At the time of press, Polygon’s native token MATIC has lost nearly 2 percent in the last 24 hours. Trading for $0.520159, the digital asset has lost nearly 82 percent in the last 2 years but investors remain optimistic about revisiting the $2 highs in the next bull run.
