Layer 2 zkEVM Scroll appears to have gone live on mainnet, $500,000 bridged so far

Ethereum Layer 2 community Scroll seems to have launched its zkEVM stay on mainnet, with funds already being bridged to the platform, based on on-chain knowledge.

Over 330 ETH ($515,000) has been bridged up to now, based on a Dune Analytics dashboard, encompassing greater than 850 transactions and almost 500 distinctive customers. Bridge deployment seems to have begun on Oct. 8, based on blockchain explorer Etherscan.

There was no official announcement from the Scroll workforce as but. Nevertheless, customers are already ready so as to add the mainnet to their web3 wallets like MetaMask and switch funds from different Ethereum-based networks to the zkEVM by way of third-party bridges comparable to Owlto Finance. The minimal bridge quantity is reportedly 0.0035 ETH (round $5).

Some dapps have additionally begun integrating with the Scroll mainnet, together with ScrollSwap — the primary decentralized alternate on Scroll — and the omnichain resolution Merkly, enabling customers to mess around with the brand new community additional.

DefiLlama is already monitoring ScrollSwap and three different DEXs on the Scroll zkEVM and is reporting a complete worth locked on Scroll functions of greater than $150,000 up to now.

There’s additionally no affirmation if or when a Scroll token might be launched and distributed.

Battle-tested difficult zkEVM method

The Scroll zkEVM mainnet follows a testing part for the community, together with its launch on the Ethereum Goerli testnet in February. Previous to that, Scroll was out there for testing by way of the venture’s personal clone of Ethereum.

Scroll has been creating its community for 2 years, with 60 workforce members working alongside a broader community of exterior contributors.

zkEVMs are Layer 2 networks constructed on Ethereum utilizing zero-knowledge proofs for scalability. Being Ethereum Digital Machine-compatible, these networks can help Ethereum functions whereas additionally operating at scale.