If you are still troubled by 'Layer 2 is too expensive, cross-chain is too troublesome, performance is insufficient', then you must read this article.
The current blockchain world is facing an awkward situation: on one hand, the prosperity of the Ethereum ecosystem, and on the other hand, the fragmented user experience between chains. Project teams are repeatedly weighing 'performance' and 'security', while developers are caught between 'customization' and 'operational costs'.
Is there really no way to truly balance 'Ethereum's security' and 'Web2's performance'?
There is. ZKsync Stack provides the answer.
One, when zero-knowledge proofs become the standard for enterprises 🧱
The ZK Stack is not a chain, but an open-source modular framework. You can think of it as 'the Lego of blockchain'—allowing you to build your own exclusive chain with zero-knowledge proof capabilities with one click.
What underpins it is a RISC-V prover called Airbender. It doesn't matter if you don't understand, just remember one number: processing over 15,000 transactions per second. This is not lab data, but real performance that has already been demonstrated on the mainnet.
More importantly, it inherits Ethereum's security—your assets are backed by the Ethereum mainnet.
Two, a showdown among the 'three giants' ⚔️
To see the value of the ZK Stack, it may be helpful to compare it with the two most mainstream solutions on the market—OP Stack and Arbitrum Stack.
From the perspective of proof systems, both the OP Stack and Arbitrum Stack are based on 'optimistic fraud proofs', which means users must wait for a challenge period of up to 7 days for funds to be finally settled on Ethereum. In contrast, the ZK Stack uses zero-knowledge validity proofs, shortening the finality of settlement to minutes, providing an experience that is infinitely close to the mainnet.
Let's look at performance and interoperability.
The throughput of the OP Stack is about 0.05 Ggas/s, while that of the Arbitrum Stack is about 0.64 Ggas/s,
The ZK Stack, with the Airbender prover, can achieve 0.75 Ggas/s on a single chain and supports unlimited horizontal scaling. More importantly, the chains within the ZK Stack cluster have native, sub-second, trustless interoperability; while the interoperability of the OP Stack and Arbitrum Stack clusters is relatively limited, requiring each chain to run full nodes for other chains.
In terms of customization and development stage, all three support custom Gas tokens and alternative data availability layers. However, in terms of security, the OP Stack and Arbitrum Stack are currently in 'Stage 1', while the ZK Stack is in 'Stage 0'—this is not a disadvantage, but rather indicates that it is steadily moving towards complete decentralization, without any trusted third parties.
Three, customization is no longer a 'luxury' ✨
The rules of previous public chains were established: only one token can be used as gas, only one consensus can be chosen, and data must be stored on-chain.
The ZK Stack has completely broken this deadlock:
- You can set your own Gas token: even allowing users to trade with zero fees;
- You can choose a data availability layer: achieving off-chain storage and on-chain verification;
- You can set your chain as: private, permissioned, or public, meeting all compliance requirements from enterprise to consumer-grade scenarios.
Four, security is 'purchased' with money 🔒
When it comes to security, the ZKsync team did not tell stories but invested real money:
- Over 10 million dollars invested in security audits;
- 35+ external audits + 4 public audit competitions;
- Up to 1.1 million dollars in bug bounty programs.
Five, case studies are the best proof 📌
- Abstract: Choose ZK Stack to build consumer-grade blockchains, entrusting operations entirely to Matter Labs' 'Aggregation as a Service', while focusing on user growth;
- GRVT: achieving zero fees + 600,000 transactions/second of off-chain matching + high-frequency on-chain settlement on the permissioned chain;
- Deutsche Bank: Exploring compliant on-chain fund management in Singapore through Memento and ZK Stack;
- Sophon.xyz: creating a gaming entertainment center, achieving high throughput + instant interoperability.
Six, why ZKsync? Where is the future value? 🚀
From the industry trend perspective, the finality of Ethereum must be 'ZK-ification'. Whether Layer 2, Layer 3, or enterprise-level chains, they will ultimately move towards zero-knowledge proofs—because only ZK can simultaneously satisfy the three impossible triangles of security, privacy, and high performance.
The ZKsync Stack is precisely positioned at the high point of this trend:
- It does not rely on the long challenge period of 'fraud proofs';
- It has the foresight to resist quantum computing;
- It allows developers to no longer worry about 'migration' and 'upgrade'.
In other words, choosing ZKsync means choosing to align with the future of Ethereum.
Finally, I want to say to you 💡
The next decade of blockchain will no longer compete on 'who is faster, who is cheaper'—because these are the bottom lines of infrastructure. The real winning move is who can provide developers and enterprises with a Web2-level experience without sacrificing security.
What the ZKsync Stack is doing is precisely this.
It is not just a set of technical frameworks, but a door to a future that is 'customizable, scalable, and interoperable'.
As a member of the zksync Guardian DAO, we witnessed all of this happening. We also invite you to step into the future of ZK together.
To summarize ✍️
- ZK Stack = modular + high performance + enterprise-grade customization;
- Native interoperability + Ethereum-level security + aimed at ZK finality;
- Comparison with OP Stack and Arbitrum Stack proves that ZK solutions have significant advantages in finality, throughput, and interoperability;
- Choosing ZKsync means choosing certainty for the 'next decade'.
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