Recently, as cryptocurrency enthusiasts awaited the next big thing in the Ethereum sphere, Scroll made an announcement that shook expectations. The newest player in the zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM) scene, which is focused on expanding blockchain capacity, has finally revealed the launch of its mainnet.
On October 17th, the highly dedicated team behind the Scroll project celebrated its achievement and detailed the launch in an update. What makes this launch so special is the ability for existing applications and development tools on Ethereum to easily integrate with Scroll's brand new scaling solution.
As the team was keen to emphasize, “After more than two years of construction, we are pleased to announce the launch of Scroll Mainnet. As we open the doors to Mainnet, we want to take a moment to reflect on our journey so far 💛.
After more than two years of building, we are thrilled to announce the launch of Scroll Mainnet.
As we open the doors to Mainnet, we want to take a moment to reflect on our journey thus far 💛 pic.twitter.com/WKfkjyIkB0
— Scroll 📜 (@Scroll_ZKP) October 17, 2023
Within the Ethereum ecosystem, solutions like Scroll's zkEVM play an essential role. They aim to provide drastically reduced transaction costs while improving the performance of decentralized applications on the Ethereum platform. The mechanism behind this is intriguing: it compiles thousands of off-chain transactions into a single transaction and subsequently sends a minimalist summary of data as proof to the Ethereum mainnet.
Diving deeper into the Blockchain data, it turns out that Scroll has kept its mainnet operating in stealth mode since October 8th. This was the date the first smart contract was launched on its mainnet, as per Etherscan records.
The journey to mainnet launch was long and painstaking. Scroll dedicated 15 months to rigorous testing and security audits across three separate test networks. As a commitment to transparency and security, Scroll also shared that its “bridge” and “rollup” contracts have been audited by renowned companies such as OpenZeppelin and Zellic. Additionally, zkEVM circuits have been analyzed by Trail of Bits, Zellic, and KALOS.
In the tests carried out, Scroll demonstrated robustness and efficiency. More than 450.000 smart contracts were deployed, totaling more than 90 million transactions distributed across 9 million blocks. Additionally, 280.000 ZK tests were produced, reinforcing the platform's capacity and reliability.
