Question 1

What is ZK?

Accepted Answer

ZK is the governance token of the ZKsync ecosystem and was initially deployed on ZKsync Era. Its core role is to participate in ZKsync's on-chain governance, rather than to serve as the general fee asset necessarily required for every transaction on Era. It is important to distinguish ZK from ZKsync Era: Era is a network that uses zero-knowledge rollup technology, while ZK is the token used to govern that ecosystem. Holding ZK does not mean holding equity in entities related to ZKsync, nor does it automatically create yield or redemption rights.

Question 2

How do ZK governance voting and delegation work?

Accepted Answer

ZK is used for on-chain governance: each ZK corresponds to one vote. Holders can vote on governance matters themselves or delegate their voting power to another address. Delegation changes who exercises the voting power on the holder's behalf; it does not mean transferring token ownership to the delegate. This arrangement allows holders who do not wish to participate item by item to choose representatives while retaining voting power measured by token amount. The token paper does not describe ZK in the materials for this round as a certificate of staking yield, fee sharing, or fixed returns, so governance rights should not be inferred to include such rights.

Question 3

How does ZKsync Era settle with Ethereum through validity proofs?

Accepted Answer

ZKsync Era is a zero-knowledge rollup network. User transactions are first executed on Era and aggregated into batches; the system then submits to Ethereum a zero-knowledge validity proof showing that the batch state transition is valid, and Ethereum verifies that proof. Therefore, Era does not require Ethereum to re-execute every transaction in a batch to verify its validity: Ethereum verifies the proof. Transaction execution and aggregation occur on Era, while Ethereum serves as the final verification and settlement anchor. This also shows that ZK token governance and the network proof process are related but distinct layers.

Question 4

How are ZK supply, community allocation, and team/investor unlocks arranged?

Accepted Answer

ZK has a total supply of 21 billion tokens. The token paper allocates approximately two-thirds to the community and approximately one-third to the team and investors; the community airdrop is 17.5% of total supply, or approximately 3.675 billion tokens. The community, team, and investor shares are allocation categories and do not mean all tokens in those categories are freely circulating at the same time. The team and investor portions unlock from June 2024 through June 2028 according to the schedule listed in the paper, so total supply, allocation percentages, and the tradable supply on a given date should be understood separately.

Question 5

What is the relationship between ZK governance and ZKsync Era's Ethereum settlement?

Accepted Answer

The token paper launches ZK governance on ZKsync Era. This means the token's on-chain voting and delegation use Era as their initial deployment and governance environment, while Era's zero-knowledge rollup architecture obtains a verification and settlement anchor by submitting validity proofs to Ethereum. These two designs address different questions: governance defines how the ecosystem makes collective protocol-level decisions; validity proofs define how Era batches prove valid state transitions to Ethereum. Because both belong to the ZKsync ecosystem, the governance token's voting rights should not be mistaken for direct control over every batch transaction proof.

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What is the relationship between ZK governance and ZKsync Era's Ethereum settlement?