Polygon 2.0 – 2024 to see unified ZK-powered L2 chains

Polygon co-founder Jordi Baylina says 2024 will see the amalgamation of Polygon’s various Ethereum layer 2 scaling networks to complete its “Polygon 2.0” cross-chain coordination protocol.

Speaking exclusively to Cointelegraph, Baylina said next year will be a litmus test to see how the Polygon ecosystem’s various networks can scale and integrate through the implementation of zero-knowledge proofs (ZK-proofs):

“2024 is going to be very much about Polygon 2.0, having all these networks connected, sharing the liquidity, sharing the composability between the network with different flavors.”

Baylina added that several of the networks that make up Polygon’s ecosystem feature their own respective tokens, sequencers and data availability solutions. The evolution to Polygon 2.0 is set to include several upgrades that will unify these different protocols with ZK-proof technology into “continuous, unbounded blockspace.”

The scaling technology firm unveiled Polygon 2.0 in June 2023, outlining plans for a scaling ecosystem comprising four protocol layers. The staking, interop, execution and proving layers all play a role in creating an interconnected ecosystem of chains that enable fast value transfer and information sharing.

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2023 has been an important year for Polygon, as Baylina reflects, as several products have been shipped that have added to the performance of its scaling protocol and provide the means for developers to build decentralized applications (DApps) and interoperable services.

“This has been an incredible year for Polygon, the zkEVM was like the first big event. Also the creation, design and announcement of Polygon 2.0 with the proof-of-stake (PoS) integration and all these aggregation layers, is an important milestone,” Baylina explains.

Polygon released its open-source zkEVM mainnet beta in March 2023, which delivers reduced transaction costs and increased throughput of smart…