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Polygon 2.0: Polygon PoS -> ZK L2

Today, the engineering team at Polygon Labs published a proposal to upgrade Polygon PoS to a zkEVM validium, a first-of-its-kind decentralized L2 secured by zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs. This is a major milestone for the Polygon ecosystem, as it would enable Polygon PoS to become more secure, more performant, and a core part of the Polygon 2.0 ecosystem. 

What Does This Mean for Users and Devs?

It's important to note that the proposal will not change the experience of the Polygon PoS network for users or developers. 

‍Polygon PoS will continue to be the low-cost destination for users, and the implementation of a ZK tech-stack would not require any retooling of smart contracts for developers. Similar to other Polygon PoS upgrades, node operators and validators would only need to upgrade to the latest version of the Polygon PoS client software. 

For validators, the staked token would remain $MATIC and chain economics would not change.

Get Involved

Last week, we published the vision for Polygon 2.0, aiming to establish Polygon as the Value Layer of the Internet—a foundational protocol that will allow anyone to create, exchange, and program value the same way the Internet allows anyone to create and exchange information. 

This upgrade would be an important step toward creating the Value Layer, given that it would allow the entirety of Polygon PoS users, assets, and state to migrate to the Polygon 2.0 ecosystem.

The Pre-PIP is already live on the governance forum. Assuming it gathers significant support, i.e. consensus from the community, a formal PIP (Polygon Improvement Proposal) will be put forward, initiating the PIP-1 and PIP-8 prescribed processes. The PIP will then be discussed on PPG (Polygon Protocol Governance) Calls, governance forum and other public venues in order to gather consensus from all relevant ecosystem participants. If consensus is reached, the implementation could go live on mainnet by the end of Q1 2024. 

Polygon Labs may have started the discussion, but the community will lead it. We'd like to encourage every community member to participate. You don't need to be a researcher, validator, or core developer to be heard. 

Polygon 2.0 Is Just Getting Started

For everything having to do with Polygon 2.0, make sure to join the conversation on Discord. Only the Polygon community who controls the Polygon protocol, has the right to accept and implement Polygon 2.0.

Let's start the next chapter!  .