At the heart of Polygon 2.0’s vision is a web of ZK-powered L2s that are seamlessly interconnected and able to scale Ethereum on demand. But building and launching L2s is complex. It requires protocol-level knowledge, bootstrapping sequencer(s), and various other infrastructure-related operations, all of which pose unique challenges for developers.
Enter Polygon CDK (Chain Development Kit). Polygon CDK is an open-source and modular codebase that anyone, anywhere can use to launch their own L2 chain, powered by the industry-leading ZK-technology of Polygon.
Until now, liquidity has either been fragmented, or these ecosystems are interoperable but saddled with friction.
Polygon CDK (Chain Development Kit) fixes this.
Polygon CDK is an open-source and modular codebase that anyone, anywhere can use to easily launch their own ZK-powered L2 chain on Ethereum.
By connecting to a common ZK bridge, every chain is also seamlessly interoperable – linked to the whole Polygon ecosystem.
In practice, this allows for near-instant finality and cross-chain execution among all Polygon chains. Native interoperability meets automatic, shared liquidity. Chains deployed using Polygon CDK rely on the security of cryptography, rather than the social requirements and incentives necessary in fraud proofs. No need for users to run full nodes that check whether or not transactions are valid – chain states are proved by math.
Source:
https://polygon.technology/blog/introducing-polygon-chain-development-kit-launch-zk-l2s-on-demand-to-unlock-unified-liquidity
