Evolving the ZK Stack in full alignment with Web3 Ethos
summary
Polygon ships a mainnet beta zkEVM that claims full EVM equivalence so existing contracts, wallets and dev tools run unchanged, and audits plus repos are published. The stack combines Plonky2/Stark-ish proving optimizations and a CKVM execution layer, released under open source GPLv3 for core and permissive licenses for tooling. Roadmap moves from a single sequencer → forced batches to decentralized proof generation and sequencing, with Polygon ID mobile UX work slated in coming months.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:03ZK vision and multi-team approach
- 6:05Open source licensing for ZK EDM
- 9:16Decentralization in Roll-Ups
- 11:23ZK team positioning and ideals
- 15:09Polygon ID and self-sovereign identity
- 18:21Decentralization and transparency
- 20:31Collaborative ethos in 2023
- 23:05Collaboration as Web3 value
- 24:53Future of ZK Roll-Ups and scaling
- 25:57EVM equivalence breakthrough
- 26:17Shift toward openness and global value
- 28:44Summary
