{"id":479314,"date":"2024-02-09T19:08:58","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T19:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/?p=479314"},"modified":"2024-02-09T19:08:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T19:08:58","slug":"polygon-connects-evm-chains-to-ethereum-with-insanely-efficient-type-1-prover-touted-as-technological-feat-by-vitalik-buterin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/polygon-connects-evm-chains-to-ethereum-with-insanely-efficient-type-1-prover-touted-as-technological-feat-by-vitalik-buterin","title":{"rendered":"Polygon Connects EVM Chains To Ethereum With \u201cInsanely Efficient\u201d Type 1 Prover Touted As Technological Feat By Vitalik Buterin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Polygon Labs released a “Type 1 prover,” which marks a technological feat that even Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin has touted as key to making auxiliary layer-2 networks nearly equivalent to the base blockchain.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Polygon has again demonstrated that it leads the industry in the development of ZK technology by delivering a Type 1 zkEVM that is insanely efficient,” said Brendan Farmer, a co-founder of Polygon, in an email to CoinDesk.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"What<\/p>\n

Polygon Pushes Blockchain Technology Forward<\/span><\/h2>\n

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin previously wrote about the different types of provers. With regards to a Type 1 prover, the <\/span>Ethereum<\/span><\/a> co-founder said that it has the benefit of being perfectly compatible with Ethereum. <\/span><\/p>\n

But a major disadvantage is that a lot of computational power is required to produce ZK-proofs that are compatible with the Ethereum network. He also noted that this process can take up to hours.<\/span><\/p>\n

Polygon’s Type 1 prover forms part of the project’s 2.0 roadmap, which focuses on making its ecosystem more interconnected. With the introduction of this mechanism on Feb. 8, any network compatible with Ethereum’s EVM standard can become a layer-2 network powered by zero-knowledge proofs. It also gives these networks access to Polygon’s broader ecosystem.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Releasing the Type-1 upgrade to the zkEVM prover, the next generation of Polygon’s proving tech. It can generate proofs for any EVM chain—sidechain, optimistic rollup, even Ethereum itself.<\/p>\n

When proving Ethereum mainnet blocks, avg per-transaction costs are $0.002 – $0.003.… pic.twitter.com\/KDX8XIiwyh<\/a><\/p>\n

— Polygon | Aggregated (@0xPolygon) February 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n