Astar zkEVM is the second chain supporting AggLayer after Polygon zkEVM.<\/p>\n
Astar Network, a leading project in the Polkadot ecosystem, has expanded onto Ethereum with the mainnet launch of its zkEVM Layer 2 validium rollup.<\/p>\n
Astar\u00a0launched<\/a>\u00a0its zkEVM on March 6, with the network leveraging Polygon\u2019s\u00a0Chain Development Kit<\/a>\u00a0(CDK) \u2014 a modular open-source toolkit for building Layer 2 networks leveraging zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs.<\/p>\n Astar zkEVM is also the first third-party network to integrate with Polygon\u2019s AggLayer \u2014 a cross-chain interoperability protocol facilitating atomic swaps among Ethereum\u2019s mainnet and Layer 2 networks. Polygon\u2019s zkEVM rollup also supports AggLayer.<\/p>\n Through AggLayer, Astar described its zkEVM as driving groundbreaking interoperability between the Polygon, Ethereum, and Astar ecosystems. \u201cThis begins unifying state and liquidity and starts cross-chain interoperability between three major ecosystems: Polygon, Ethereum, and Astar Network,\u201d Astar said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “Today is an important first step to welcome communities to a seamless multi-chain ecosystem,” said Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder of Polygon. \u201cWith Astar and numerous other ZK-powered chains onboarding soon, Polygon CDK and AggLayer are poised to bring internet-scale capabilities to the world of crypto.”<\/p>\n Astar Network is a Layer 1\u00a0Polkadot Parachain<\/a>\u00a0hosting more than\u00a0$700 million<\/a>\u00a0worth of assets. Its ASTR token is also the largest parachain token with a market cap of $864.5 million, according to CoinGecko.<\/p>\n ASTR last changed hands for $0.154, marking a 24-hour drawdown of 1.5% but a 280% gain since mid-October.<\/p>\n The launch of zkEVM expands Astar\u2019s presence outside of Polkadot and into the Ethereum ecosystem through its adoption of Polygon\u2019s AggLayer.<\/p>\n Polygon\u00a0launched<\/a>\u00a0AggLayer in early February, describing the protocol as bypassing the centralization risks associated with conventional blockchain bridges.<\/p>\n AggLayer also eliminates the frictions and withdrawal delays with transferring between networks within Ethereum\u2019s ecosystem without bridges \u2014 which otherwise would require users to transfer to and from the Ethereum mainnet when moving assets between Layer 2s.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nPolygon AggLayer<\/h2>\n
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