Man, zksync Lite is going to be history in a week. On May 4th, Matter Labs will shut down the official network and freeze everything. Anyone still holding funds there needs to act quickly.

For those who don’t follow, zksync Lite was that first zero-knowledge proof rollup on Ethereum back in 2020, right at the beginning. It worked, but was way too limited, without support for smart contracts. Then, when zksync Era arrived in 2023 with zkEVM working for real, it became clear that Lite was a thing of the past.

Now here’s the important part: according to L2BEAT, there are still about $34 million locked there. Most of it in stablecoins (25 million), but there’s also ETH, Bitcoin, and other assets. After shutdown, the read API remains for at least another year, so the data doesn’t disappear. But your assets? You need to withdraw them before the 4th.

The good news is that if you miss the deadline, you don’t lose your money for good. After deactivation, you can still claim your funds, but it’ll be more complicated. Matter Labs made it clear that this doesn’t affect zksync Era and the rest of the ecosystem. But if you’re on this network, don’t be lazy.