Astar Receives A Web3 Grant To Implement ZK Plonk On Polkadot
ZK Plonk
The ZK Plonk is originally created by Aztec. The ZK proofs are a type of proof where a prover can prove a statement without disclosing any information. There are some famous ZK systems like zk-SNARKs, zk-STARKs. In terms of ZK proofs, there are two different main procedures, sender’s proof generation, and prover’s proof verification.
Through this grant, we are going to make a plonk Substrate pallet in order for Polkadot developers to implement the ZK Plonk on Substrate easily. ZK is the key privacy and scaling solution in the long run. Astar Network is the dApp hub on Polkadot supporting Ethereum Virtual Machine, WebAssembly, and Layer2 solutions.
Currently, layer2 is one of the features for us that won’t be needed in the very short run. However, we believe it is very important to implement the latest layer2 solution on Astar Network since we are making an open, transparent, and decentralized public blockchain for billions of people.
About Astar
Astar Network is a dApp hub on Polkadot that supports Ethereum and layer 2 solutions like ZK Rollups. Astar aims to be a multi-chain smart contract platform that will support multiple blockchains and virtual machines like EVM and WASM.
