ZK-focused Manta Pacific opts out of OP Stack for Polygon CDK

Manta, a blockchain community specializing in zero-knowledge (ZK) functions, will migrate its software program from OP Stack to Polygon CDK, in keeping with an October 16 announcement. Because of this Manta is not going to be built-in into the upcoming Optimism Superchain and can as an alternative turn into a part of the Polygon ecosystem.

Manta community is an Ethereum layer-2 specializing in zero-knowledge-based functions, together with digital identification and privateness options. It launched a mainnet on September 12 and has processed greater than 500,000 transactions.

Manta was initially developed as an optimistic rollup that makes use of the OP Stack software program developed by Optimism Labs. This software program is meant to assist create a “Superchain” of interconnected networks that can share the identical safety mannequin. Nonetheless, it faces competitors from the Polygon Chain Growth Equipment (CDK), which employs a unique safety mannequin however can be used to create an internet of interconnected blockchain networks.

In its announcement, Manta mentioned it selected emigrate to Polygon CDK for 3 causes. First, with Polygon CDK, deposits and withdrawals might be processed rapidly, as they don’t require a time frame for fraud proofs to be submitted. “Finality can occur in minutes or seconds, slightly than days,” the announcement acknowledged. It is because “CDK leverages the safety of math slightly than the social-economic incentives of fraud proofs.”

Secondly, Manta claimed that Polygon CDK is extra “modular” and “sovereign” than options, giving the staff extra flexibility because it continues to construct out options. Thirdly, utilizing Polygon CDK will permit builders to create a “trustless ZK bridge to Ethereum.” Over the long term, this bridge will permit customers of various Polygon CDK networks to entry one another’s liquidity, making the community half of a bigger ecosystem.

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The Polygon ecosystem initially consisted of simply the Polygon Proof of Stake community. On March 27, the Polygon staff launched a second community, Polygon zkEVM. In June, they introduced plans to combine these two networks into a brand new ecosystem known as “Polygon 2.0.”

The Optimism ecosystem added a second community on August 9, as Coinbase launched Base community. On October 3, the Optimism staff launched a fraud-proof system that is meant for use all through its ecosystem.