According to a report by CoinDesk, Matter Labs, the main development company of the Ethereum Layer 2 network ZKSync, has released a new roadmap called “ZKSync 3.0” aimed at making the ecosystem more interconnected, which includes the new “Elastic Chain” architecture. Elastic Chain consists of multiple chains within the ZKSync ecosystem, allowing users of multiple chains to feel like they are using a single chain, similar to Polygon’s AggLayer introduced by its competitors.
In an article shared with CoinDesk, Matter Labs stated that the core of ZKSync 3.0 is the v24 upgrade released on June 7th, which will transform ZKSync from a single ZK chain to an Elastic Chain. Last year, Matter Labs released the modular open-source framework ZK Stack, which allows developers to build their own blockchains on ZKSync technology. Essentially, these custom chains will be interconnected through the Elastic Chain. Matter Labs wrote:
According to Matter Labs, the Elastic Chain will consist of three core components. The first component is composed of the “Native Token Vault” and the “Shared Router”, with the latter being the core of the network. The team wrote, “These components, implemented as a series of smart contracts on Ethereum, are responsible for managing network state and handling chain registration.”
The second component is their ZK Gateway, which is a middleware connecting the Ethereum blockchain and the ZK chain of ZKSync, enabling interoperability between different chains within the ZKSync ecosystem. Matter Labs wrote:
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