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ALL ABOARD ZKSYNC ERA MAINNET


THE FIRST ZKEVM ON ETHEREUM IS LIFTING THE GATES TO LET PROJECTS DEPLOY.

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Today marks an exciting milestone — Fair Onboarding Alpha — where the first
zkEVM on Ethereum is finally lifting the gates to let registered projects deploy
on mainnet.

Before we go any further, we want to take a moment to thank our community for
their unwavering support in helping us make it to this milestone. We’re proud
and humbled that you’ve been with us every step of the journey.

We’re also excited to announce that:

 * We’re now full open source with the freedom to view, modify and fork the
   code, as promised
 * zkSync 2.0 is now zkSync Era∎, and zkSync 1.0 is now zkSync Lite

Next stop: Full Launch Alpha.


ZKSYNC 2.0 IS NOW ZKSYNC ERA



With this new milestone, comes a new look and feel. Today, we are thrilled to
announce that zkSync 2.0 has been renamed zkSync Era∎

zkSync’s mission is to accelerate the mass adoption of crypto for personal
sovereignty. That means that we need to scale Ethereum while preserving its
valuable properties, by building a technology thousands of developers and
millions of people want to use.

As we look to the future and continue to build partnerships that onboard native
and non-native users alike, we’ve chosen a name that represents a new phase in
crypto adoption. A name that:

 * is simple and universally understood
 * has broad appeal and wide applicability
 * speaks to our vision for a new era of Ethereum.

This is why we chose Era.

We also wanted to create a clear distinction between the two versions of our
Ethereum scaling solution. As such, zkSync 1.0 will now be zkSync Lite.


YOU ARE HERE: FAIR ONBOARDING ALPHA



Today, we’re taking another big step toward the end-game for scaling Ethereum.
We’ve arrived at Fair Onboarding Alpha, where we welcome projects that have
registered to launch on zkSync Era. Fair onboarding is designed to be equitable,
so we are welcoming registered projects at the same time, giving all teams an
equal opportunity to deploy.

Mainnet will remain closed to end users during this stage. This is so that teams
can deploy and test their applications in a closed environment before the system
is opened to external users.

Register your project: https://forms.gle/KBreznP3g8aJYTJS7

During Fair Onboarding Alpha, we will:

 * allow registered projects to deploy and test their dapps on zkSync Era
 * enable token bridging, with limited use for testing and deployment purposes
 * continue running security audits, contests, and bug bounty programs
 * improve developer tools, including plugins, documentation, tutorials and
   FAQs.


ZKSYNC ERA IS FULLY OPEN SOURCE

We are excited to announce that zkSync Era is free open source, as promised,
under MIT/Apache 2.0 license. Being community owned is part of our mission, and
we couldn’t take an approach other than making our code opened. Our zkEVM has
been live on testnet for over a year and on mainnet since October, and has been
through lots of testing and audits. We are now confident that its code is ready
for the eyes of the public and would love to hear our community’s suggestions.

We believe anything but full open source is a form of censorship, and that open
sourcing the technology will help accelerate mass adoption of our ZK-rollup and
establish zkSync Era’s zero-knowledge prover as the gold standard.

> Dive deeper into our open source philosophy in Open Source Is Freedom

During Fair Onboarding, our partners will also help to further test the system,
and we will continue investing in audits and bug bounty programs, re-ensuring
our commitment to security. It’s important to remember that we are still in
early days of the protocol. Security remains our top priority. We don’t
recommend forking the code yet until the Full Launch Alpha, as it could
potentially lead to missing critical security updates.

> Explore the zkSync Era codebase


NEW ROADMAP COMING SOON

Now that we’ve arrived at Fair Onboarding Alpha, we’ll be updating our protocol
roadmap and publishing an overview of the next milestones. We’re committed to
being transparent around the milestones that make up the mission so that you can
hold us accountable.

We’re grateful to the researchers, developers, and community members who help us
accelerate the mass adoption of crypto for personal sovereignty. We look forward
to seeing what Fair Onboarding Alpha — and beyond — has in store for zkSync Era.

For more updates, follow us on Twitter and join the conversation on Discord. If
you’re interested in joining Matter Labs to help scale Ethereum, view our job
openings.





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