# Polygon tests zero-knowledge rollups, mainnet integration inbound

# Polygon tests zero-knowledge rollups, mainnet integration inbound

” Polygon tests zero-knowledge rollups, mainnet integration inbound “ Ethereum layer-2 scaling protocol Polygon (MATIC) is carrying out performance testing of zero-knowledge rollup (zk rollups) technology ahead of full integration with its mainnet. The development of the technology, called Polygon zkEVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine), has been ongoing for over three years by the Polygon Hermez…

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# StarkNet overhauls Cairo programming language to drive developer adoption

# StarkNet overhauls Cairo programming language to drive developer adoption

” StarkNet overhauls Cairo programming language to drive developer adoption “ Ethereum layer-2 scaling platform StarkNet has overhauled its in-house Cairo coding language to make Web3 development accessible to developers. An announcement shared with Cointelegraph outlined the upgrades to Cairo 1.0, which is touted to emulate characteristics of the popular programming language Rust. The overhaul…

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# zkEVM could be the endgame for blockchain infrastructure

# zkEVM could be the endgame for blockchain infrastructure

” zkEVM could be the endgame for blockchain infrastructure “ Very few projects have come close to matching the security and decentralization of the Ethereum network. However, the inherent overhead of maintaining these two critical features has left Ethereum burdened by low throughput and prohibitively high costs. As a result, alternative layer-1 blockchains (L1s) —…

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