LayerEdge integrates with Cosmos using edgenOS and Edgen Chain, creating a modular zk-proof network across IBC-enabled chains ...

Lunar Digital Assets, the leading full stack blockchain venture studio announced the launch of LitVM, the first EVM-compatible Layer 2 built on Litecoin at the Litecoin Summit. LitVM is a trustless ...

Key Takeaways Vitalik Buterin proposed a new modification to Ethereum’s Layer-1 scaling roadmap. The proposal aims to introduce stateless nodes using ZK-EVM proofs to validate transactions. EIP-4444 ...

ZKsync ($ZK) has hit a major milestone: full EVM equivalence. Announced on May 6, 2025, the network’s v27 upgrade, guided by ZIP-9 governance, unlocks frictionless ...

Polygon faced criticism last week when it announced that it would be launching the first EVM-equivalent ZK rollup to market. According to some onlookers, Polygon’s solution would be better ...

In his view a ZK rollup solution should be general purpose, EVM Compatible and support Ethereum’s programming language Solidity. It should also be open source to fit with crypto’s founding ...

Starknet, a zero-knowledge layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum, is one step closer to becoming fully Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatible, pending an August testnet launch of Kakarot ...

Bitcoin startup Chainway has taken a significant stride in the space with its introduction of the first Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) transaction on bitcoin. This is part of Chainway’s continued ...

Another kind of Layer 2 is zkEVM, which is an EVM-compatible virtual machine that supports ZK proofs. EVM stands for Ethereum Virtual Machine, and it's what allows developers to create smart ...

In his 2021 rollup primer, Buterin wrote, “In general, my own view is that in the short term, Optimistic rollups are likely to win out for general-purpose EVM computation and ZK rollups are ...