Polygon Labs hosted an all-day Polygon zkEVM Mainnet Beta Launch Event in partnership with ETHGlobal, live‑streamed as part of the Polygon zkEVM / zk Summit programming, to mark the public debut of its zero‑knowledge EVM rollup network. The event schedule, promoted via ETHGlobal, centered on the Mainnet Beta going live, with technical talks, panels, and a keynote segment timed around the network’s activation and configuration details being shared after the stream. Ethereum co‑founder Vitalik Buterin performed the symbolic first transaction on Polygon zkEVM, underscoring the launch’s significance for the Ethereum scaling ecosystem. Polygon zkEVM Mainnet Beta is positioned as a permissionless, public, EVM‑equivalent zk‑rollup that allows developers to deploy existing Ethereum smart contracts and tooling with minimal changes while benefiting from lower fees and faster finality through zero‑knowledge proofs. Polygon Labs emphasized that the zkEVM stack is fully open‑source from launch, framing the network as a step toward Ethereum‑aligned scaling based on ZK technology rather than optimistic rollups. The live event also served as a community on‑ramp, providing builders and users with guidance on connecting to the new network and highlighting Polygon’s broader ZK roadmap, including its push to make zero‑knowledge technology a core pillar of Ethereum scaling.

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