Zero-knowledge (ZK) proof options have proved vital in serving to scale the Ethereum ecosystem, however proto-danksharding is predicted to drastically cut back the price of rollups, in accordance to Consensys’ zkEVM Linea head Nicolas Liochon.
Talking completely to Cointelegraph Journal editor Andrew Fenton throughout Korea Blockchain Week, Liochon estimated that proto-danksharding might additional cut back rollup prices by 10 instances.
Proto-danksharding, additionally identified by its Ethereum Enchancment Proposal (EIP) identifier EIP-4844, is aimed toward decreasing the price of rollups, which usually batch transactions and knowledge off-chain and submit computational proof to the Ethereum blockchain.
The Ethereum Basis has but to nail down an anticipated launch date for proto-danksharding, however growth and testing are nonetheless ongoing.
As Liochon defined, Linea delivers 15 instances cheaper transactions in contrast to these made on Ethereum’s layer 1, however rollups are nonetheless restricted by the truth that transactions are posted in name knowledge in Ethereum blocks.
In accordance to Ethereum’s documentation, rollups are nonetheless costly by way of their potential as a result of name knowledge is processed by all Ethereum nodes and the information is saved on-chain indefinitely even though the information solely wants to be accessible for a brief time frame.
EIP-4844 will introduce knowledge blocks that may be despatched and hooked up to blocks. The information saved in blocks isn’t accessible to the Ethereum Digital Machine and can be deleted after a sure time interval, which is touted to drastically cut back transaction prices.
“In actuality, the price of rollups is down to knowledge availability. We’re writing all the information to layer 1, which is why now we have precisely the identical safety. Nevertheless it’s costly; it represents 95% of the price.”
Liochon mentioned that Linea’s prover, which basically handles the off-chain computation that verifies, bundles, after which creates a cryptographic proof of the mixed transactions, solely represents a fifth of the price.
This highlights the main hurdle in making ZK-rollups the go-to scaling answer for the Ethereum ecosystem as opposed to different options like Optimistic Rollups.
Liochon additionally mentioned that Linea goals to be a general-purpose ZK-rollup that can be used for a wide range of decentralized functions and options throughout the Ethereum ecosystem.
“We’re a generic rollup. We don’t need to have a particular use case or particular area. It’s fairly necessary to assist all kinds of functions, together with DeFi, gaming and social.”
As Cointelegraph previously reported, Consensys accomplished the launch of Linea in August 2023, having onboarding over 150 companions and bridging greater than $26 million in Ether (ETH).
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