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

Manta, a blockchain web focusing connected zero-knowledge (ZK) applications, volition migrate its bundle from OP Stack to Polygon CDK, according to an October 16 announcement. This means that Manta volition not beryllium integrated into the upcoming Optimism Superchain and volition alternatively go portion of the Polygon ecosystem.

Manta Pacific artifact explorer. Source: Manta.

Manta web is an Ethereum layer-2 focusing connected zero-knowledge-based applications, including integer individuality and privateness solutions. It launched a mainnet connected September 12 and has processed much than 500,000 transactions.

Manta was primitively developed arsenic an optimistic rollup that uses the OP Stack bundle developed by Optimism Labs. This bundle is intended to help create a “Superchain” of interconnected networks that volition stock the aforesaid information model. However, it faces contention from the Polygon Chain Development Kit (CDK), which employs a antithetic information exemplary but is besides utilized to create a web of interconnected blockchain networks.

In its announcement, Manta said it chose to migrate to Polygon CDK for 3 reasons. First, with Polygon CDK, deposits and withdrawals tin beryllium processed quickly, arsenic they don’t necessitate a play of clip for fraud proofs to beryllium submitted. “Finality tin hap successful minutes oregon seconds, alternatively than days,” the announcement stated. This is due to the fact that “CDK leverages the information of mathematics alternatively than the social-economic incentives of fraud proofs.”

Secondly, Manta claimed that Polygon CDK is much “modular” and “sovereign” than alternatives, giving the squad much flexibility arsenic it continues to physique retired features. Thirdly, utilizing Polygon CDK volition let developers to make a “trustless ZK span to Ethereum.” Over the agelong run, this span volition let users of antithetic Polygon CDK networks to entree each other’s liquidity, making the web portion of a larger ecosystem.

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The Polygon ecosystem primitively consisted of conscionable the Polygon Proof of Stake network. On March 27, the Polygon squad launched a 2nd network, Polygon zkEVM. In June, they announced plans to integrate these 2 networks into a caller ecosystem called “Polygon 2.0.”

The Optimism ecosystem added a 2nd web connected August 9, arsenic Coinbase launched Base network. On October 3, the Optimism squad launched a fraud-proof system that's intended to beryllium utilized passim its ecosystem.