{"id":6591,"date":"2023-08-16T13:23:43","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T13:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/?p=6591"},"modified":"2023-08-23T13:55:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T13:55:16","slug":"immutable-zkevm-new-l2-blockchain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/immutable-zkevm-new-l2-blockchain\/","title":{"rendered":"Immutable Unveils New L2 Blockchain While Buterin Warns of Backdoors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_56_1 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/immutable-zkevm-new-l2-blockchain\/#What_is_Immutable\" title=\"What is Immutable?\">What is Immutable?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/immutable-zkevm-new-l2-blockchain\/#What_is_the_big_step\" title=\"What is the big step?\">What is the big step?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/immutable-zkevm-new-l2-blockchain\/#What_is_ZkEVM\" title=\"What is ZkEVM?\">What is ZkEVM?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/immutable-zkevm-new-l2-blockchain\/#Immutables_ZkEVM\" title=\"Immutable&#8217;s ZkEVM\">Immutable&#8217;s ZkEVM<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/immutable-zkevm-new-l2-blockchain\/#How_does_ZkEVM_help_you\" title=\"How does ZkEVM help you?\">How does ZkEVM help you?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>As recently as August 15, famous Web3 gaming platform, Immutable, took to Twitter and announced that it has taken a big step to diversify the infrastructure of the platform with Immutable zkEVM.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-immutable\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Immutable\"><\/span>What is Immutable?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Immutable is a web3 gaming platform that provides a suite of products and services to help game developers build, launch, and scale their blockchain games. The platform is built on <a href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/blockchains\/ethereum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ethereum<\/a> and it uses <a href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/zk-rollups-zero-knowledge-rollups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">zero-knowledge rollups<\/a> to achieve high throughput and low transaction costs, gas fees, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2705 Popular course:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/courses\/writing-your-first-hello-world-contract-in-solidity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Write Your First Solidity Smart Contract on Ethereum<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-the-big-step\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_big_step\"><\/span>What is the big step?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The big step announced by the gaming platform is that it has undertaken and started off the testing of a new <a href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/layer-2-crypto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">L2<\/a> blockchain, Immutable <a href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/what-is-zkevm\/\">ZkEVM<\/a>, which is an endeavor to reduce the dependency on a single network infrastructure. The ZkEVM <a href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/testnet-meaning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">testnet<\/a> is now available for Web3 gamers to leverage on Ethereum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Immutable zkEVM Testnet is now live! Welcome to the true home of gaming on Ethereum.<br><br>Building a great web3 game has never been easier.<br><br>Start building today: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QG2hSaTyyU\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/QG2hSaTyyU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/inaKeD6oWJ\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/inaKeD6oWJ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Immutable (@Immutable) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Immutable\/status\/1691223587620106242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 14, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-zkevm\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_ZkEVM\"><\/span>What is ZkEVM?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>ZkEVM stands for zero-knowledge <a href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/what-is-ethereum-virtual-machine-evm\/\">Ethereum Virtual Machine<\/a> is an Ethereum-compatible software computing environment that offers high scalability to Ethereum-based applications.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A ZkEVM primarily executes <a href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/what-is-a-smart-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">smart contracts<\/a> that are compatible with both zero-knowledge-proof computations and Ethereum infrastructure. Blockchains that use ZkEVM tend to be scalable, efficient, cost-effective, interoperable and decentralized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"immutable-s-zkevm\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Immutables_ZkEVM\"><\/span>Immutable&#8217;s ZkEVM<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Immutable ZkEVM is built with <a href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/blockchains\/polygon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Polygon<\/a>&#8216;s Supernets which is a program that makes it easier for developers to spin up new application-specific blockchains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main goal of Immutable&#8217;s ZkEVM testnet is to provide gamers with more than one options, increasing their flexibility and decrease their risk of committing to just one infrastructure partner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\ud83e\udd1d Check this out:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/courses\/launch-your-own-token-on-polygon-network-in-30-mins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Launch your own token on Polygon Network in 30 minutes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-does-zkevm-help-you\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_does_ZkEVM_help_you\"><\/span>How does ZkEVM help you?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/web3-developer-jobs-skills-salaries\/\">Web3 developers<\/a> who love to play games and gamers who love to develop in Web3, Immutable&#8217;s L2 blockchain is a great method to increase revenue streams from gaming, stay protected and have a frictionless experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can now mint your in-game assets, experiment with economy design, and accelerate your journey in a low-risk sandboxed environment while having access to Immutable&#8217;s products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/64d97fd9a29b112ae37ef75e_uJkZkuu5kDpOfeoM5-MXeprifB9aqRQOtY3wD4rRGtsy9GXrAmkKkx7JvJpHD_Ef3NL5mcF1Zx9tugUOUJftoeybo_YQL3bc-5DV-lpFLw22dUiPiaaAcAZgNXWmzZ8lQOERs7gyIGQeYalMSMeLhjo.png\" alt=\"how zkevm works chart\" class=\"wp-image-6621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/64d97fd9a29b112ae37ef75e_uJkZkuu5kDpOfeoM5-MXeprifB9aqRQOtY3wD4rRGtsy9GXrAmkKkx7JvJpHD_Ef3NL5mcF1Zx9tugUOUJftoeybo_YQL3bc-5DV-lpFLw22dUiPiaaAcAZgNXWmzZ8lQOERs7gyIGQeYalMSMeLhjo.png 768w, https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/64d97fd9a29b112ae37ef75e_uJkZkuu5kDpOfeoM5-MXeprifB9aqRQOtY3wD4rRGtsy9GXrAmkKkx7JvJpHD_Ef3NL5mcF1Zx9tugUOUJftoeybo_YQL3bc-5DV-lpFLw22dUiPiaaAcAZgNXWmzZ8lQOERs7gyIGQeYalMSMeLhjo-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/64d97fd9a29b112ae37ef75e_uJkZkuu5kDpOfeoM5-MXeprifB9aqRQOtY3wD4rRGtsy9GXrAmkKkx7JvJpHD_Ef3NL5mcF1Zx9tugUOUJftoeybo_YQL3bc-5DV-lpFLw22dUiPiaaAcAZgNXWmzZ8lQOERs7gyIGQeYalMSMeLhjo-150x100.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/polygon.technology\/blog\/immutable-zkevm-testnet-is-live-on-polygon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Polygon Technology<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In conclusion,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/vitalik-buterin-ethereum-profile\/\">Vitalik Buterin<\/a>, founder Ethereum announced that all <a href=\"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/ethereum-l2-blockchains-may-have-backdoors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ethereum L2 blockchains have backdoors<\/a> which insinuates that Ethereum may have unauthorized access to these chains. What is your take on Immutable&#8217;s Layer 2 blockchain and the new revelation by Buterin? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":6634,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending-web3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6591"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6654,"href":"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6591\/revisions\/6654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaschool.so\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}