Meet ZK Stack: Your modular framework for building sovereign ZK-powered Hyperchains, based on Era’s open source code.

Last week, we shared an initial draft of the ZK Credo, a set of guiding principles for ZK tech and culture to reshape the internet. The ZK Stack is our contribution to unlocking the ZK-powered Internet of Value and achieving our long-term mission to advance personal freedom for all.

The ZK Stack will give developers full sovereignty – ranging from the choice of the data availability mode to using your project's own token to decentralize the sequencer. It's open source, EVM compatible, battle-tested, and future-proof.

 Learn more: blog.matter-labs.io/introducing-the-zk-stack-c24240c2532a

∎ ZK Stack at a glance ∎

Free: The ZK Stack is developed under free open-source licenses, ensuring its availability at no cost, and we strongly encourage you to contribute and utilize it as you see fit.

Composable: Hyperchains built with the ZK Stack can seamlessly connect in a trustless network, boasting low latency and shared liquidity.

Modular: Customize and shape every aspect of your Hyperchain, from the choice of sequencer and data availability mode to defining your own tokenomics.

Battle-tested: zkSync Era stands as the most widely adopted ZK rollup on Ethereum. With this track record, the ZK Stack is a safe bet with regard to security and reliability.

Future-proof: ZK rollups are the future of Ethereum scaling. To harness the full potential of ZK's superpowers, it is crucial to build the right architecture from the very beginning.

∎ Who is ZK Stack for? ∎

The ZK Stack will allow teams to build a custom Hyperchain (configured for their specific use case), with fully trustless, cheap, asynchronous connectivity to the rest of the**** Hyperchain ecosystem.

Hyperchains are especially useful for teams that require:

• A lightweight sequencer with a low latency of sequencing
• Apps that can interact without the trust assumptions of bridges
• A closed private chain, with connectivity to the ecosystem
• A way to use a native token as your system's base token

∎ Get started today ∎

In the coming weeks, we will be implementing modifications to our codebase to make it easier to checkout, configure, and deploy an instance of the ZK Stack. Our ultimate goal is a one-click deploy!

zkSync is assisting several pilot projects in adopting the ZK Stack; if you wish to be part of this cohort, reach out.