Manta Pacific will transition from its current status as an optimistic rollup to becoming a zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine validum.
An open-source toolkit called the Polygon CDK is explicitly made for zkEVM Layer 2 solutions. As a result of this announcement, developers now have access to the Universal Circuits, a flexible collection of zero-knowledge (ZK) circuits specially designed to develop decentralized apps (dApps).
Sandeep Nailwal, a co-founder of Polygon, expressed excitement for this integration and emphasized the connections between Manta Pacific, the Modular L2 with ZK-as-a-Service, and the growing Polygon ZK-powered Layer 2 ecosystem.
He pointed out that the network effects are growing steadily, promising users improved access to the unified blockspace. According to the release, Manta Pacific has taken the first step toward becoming a full mainnet.
A full mainnet launch and integration with Celestia’s data availability (DA) to lower gas costs are just two details the platform says they will reveal shortly.
CDK for Celo
The co-founder of Polygon, Nailwal, suggested on the Celo governance forum a few weeks earlier on September 21. He said, “We propose the Celo Ecosystem to employ the Polygon CDK for its L2 migration.”
It’s important to note that blockchain businesses like Canto, Astar, Immutable, IDEX, and Palm Network are also interested in Polygon CDK.
