#CoinDesk11月报告Gate战绩来袭 , as an Ethereum scaling solution based on the ZK Rollups architecture developed by Matter Labs, ZKsync is truly born with a golden spoon among many Ethereum Layer 2 projects, being an early funded ZK Rollup scaling solution by the Ethereum Foundation.

It can be said that since 2019, it has almost grown alongside Ethereum's ZK technical route.

In March 2019, received funding from the fifth wave grant program of the Ethereum Foundation to support its work on zero-knowledge proof L2 scaling.
September 2019: Secured $2 million in seed funding led by Placeholder VC;
March 2021: Completed $50 million Series A financing (led by Union Square Ventures);
However, due to the prolonged timeline, ZKsync has not been smooth sailing over the years.

First, during the period from 2021 to 2023, when the competitive landscape of Rollups was not yet clear, OP layer 2 projects like Optimism and Arbitrum took the lead, while new public chains such as Solana and Aptos rose to prominence, causing ZK systems like ZKsync to be marginalized in the market due to their long iteration cycles.

It was not until the mainnet went live and the airdrop was implemented last year that ZKsync re-entered the public eye, but the response was not all applause. Its airdrop distribution mechanism has been controversial, and the trust crisis caused by the contract vulnerability incident has not yet subsided. The developer Matter Labs has also fallen into a public opinion whirlpool due to alleged intellectual property disputes.

Amidst this chorus of skepticism, ZKsync's progress on both the technical and ecological fronts remains noteworthy. Not only is it continuously advancing core underlying research and development, but it also officially launched the upgraded version of ZK Stack—Atlas—last month. This marks a key step for ZKsync towards "enterprise-level blockchain".