Dubai – In an important step to improve cross-chain security, the Polyhedra community has approved the integration of Flare with Polyhedra’s zkBridge DVN. This strategic partnership will enable Flare developers to leverage zkBridge’s advanced ZK-proof technology for secure and efficient cross-chain applications, leveraging LayerZero’s interoperability protocol.
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zkBridge is an advanced, reliable cross-chain interoperability protocol, part of LayerZero’s Decentralized Verifier Networks (DVNs). It supports more than 30 layer-1 and layer-2 networks and has enabled more than 20 million cross-chain transactions.
By using zkSNARKs, zkBridge ensures that state transitions in the transmitter chain are efficiently validated in the receiver chain. This ZK-proof mechanism improves bypass protection and provides robust liveness guarantees, requiring only one honest validator from the set for reliable operation.
“The integration of Polyhedra’s zkBridge with the LayerZero protocol adds an essential layer of security that will greatly benefit both Flare developers and users. This collaboration underlines the increasing support for Flare from cross-chain technologies and highlights the essential role of ZK technology in facilitating seamless value transfer between networks.”
Hugo Philion, co-founder of Flare
Advanced ZK technology
zkBridge’s use of zkSNARKs enables secure block header and cross-chain consensus verification. It uses a two-layer recursive proofing system to ensure fast proof generation and minimal on-chain verification costs, supporting various cross-chain applications. In particular, Polyhedra’s zkLightClient technology reduces on-chain verification costs and latency by bundling multiple transaction verifications into a single proof.
Eric Vreeland, Chief Strategy Officer of Polyhedra Network, expressed his enthusiasm about the development:
“We are thrilled that our community has endorsed the Flare integration with zkBridge. As activity on Flare grows, having reliable bridging protocols becomes crucial for accelerating progress while maintaining decentralization. We eagerly anticipate how Flare developers will use zkBridge to build innovative dApps that interact with a wide range of multi-chain protocols.”
Eric Vreeland, Chief Strategy Officer of Polyhedra
Unlock new opportunities with zkBridge integration
This integration allows Flare’s dApps to access data from different networks via zkBridge, paving the way for advanced cross-chain financial applications such as trading, perpetuals, prediction markets and more. The addition of zkBridge strengthens LayerZero’s messaging protocol, enabling smoother data and asset flows to Flare.
Flare’s Total Value Locked (TVL) has reached new heights and the number of wallets on the platform has surpassed 1 million, reflecting the growing DeFi ecosystem.
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About Flare
Flare is an EVM-compatible smart contract platform designed to handle data-intensive applications including Machine Learning/AI, real-world asset tokenization, gaming and social applications. With its decentralized oracles integrated into the network layer, Flare excels at providing reliable access to a wide range of data, including price ranges, blockchain state data, and web2 APIs, at scale and at minimal cost.
About polyhedra
Polyhedra Network specializes in scalable and efficient zero-knowledge proof protocols for large-scale ZKP systems within distributed computer networks. The offering, including zkBridge, zkLightClient and Expander, the world’s fastest ZK prover, applies zero-knowledge technology to improve security, privacy and efficiency in both web2 and traditional financial industries.
More information: Polyhedron network