How does the zkSync blockchain work?

zkSync uses zero-knowledge rollup (ZK-rollup) technology to scale Ethereum. Multiple transactions are grouped into packets and executed in a special environment outside of the main Ethereum network. This allows for a significant increase in throughput compared to Ethereum. After a packet of transactions is executed off-chain, a cryptographic zero-knowledge proof (zero-knowledge proof) is generated, confirming that all transactions in the packet are correct. This proof is very compact in size. The generated ZK proof along with minimal metadata is published in a special smart contract on the Ethereum core network. Due to the compactness of the proof, this requires much less computational resources and gas than performing all transactions directly on Ethereum. The smart contract on Ethereum efficiently verifies the ZK proof by confirming the validity of all transactions in the bundle. Thus, the security of the transactions is ensured by the Ethereum core network, despite the fact that they were executed off-chain.

What are the advantages of zkSync?

zkSync offers scalability, low fees, Ethereum compatibility, security, transaction privacy and an emerging ecosystem of dApps, making it a promising solution for scaling Ethereum.

Who created the zkSync blockchain and when?

The zkSync blockchain was created in June 2020 by Matter Labs, a blockchain technology startup founded in 2018 by Alex Glukhovsky and Alex Vlasov.

What are the development prospects for the zkSync blockchain?

Thanks to ongoing scaling efforts, development of the dApps ecosystem, tokenization, expansion of functionality and hyperchain concept, as well as increased decentralization and security, the zkSync blockchain has significant potential for further growth and strengthening its position as a leading Ethereum scaling solution.

ZKSYNC BLOCKCHAIN TRADING PAIRS

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Blockchains	24
DEXes	825
Pools	8,007,894
Tokens	6,559,161
Farms	5,379
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Latest block68,601,936
24h TXNS4,933
24h Volume$582.9K

zkSync

	Token	Price $	Age	TVL	MKT CAP	TXNS	Vol	5m	1h	4h	24h
	Token	Price $	Age	TVL	MKT CAP
1	WETH-USDC.e	$1,995.51	1,050 days 19 hr 58 min	$4.2M	$8M	80	$31.4K	0.03%	0.39%	-0.30%	1.39%
2	ZK-ZKX	$0.022	276 days 25 min	$2.6M	$314.8M	3	$42.19	0%	0%	0%	-0.36%
3	WETH-USDC.e	$1,995.69	1,059 days 19 hr 33 min	$1.2M	$8M	64	$6.5K	0%	0.41%	-0.43%	1.36%
4	WETH-USDC.e	$1,983.84	1,060 days 14 hr 39 min	$831.6K	$8M	4	$1.5K	0%	0%	-1.04%	0.68%
5	ZK-WETH	$0.02174	609 days 23 hr 37 min	$576.7K	$311.1M	32	$1.4K	0%	-0.16%	-1.01%	-0.70%
6	sUSN-USN	$1.16	378 days 14 hr 53 min	$410.1K	$337.7K	0	<$1	0%	0%	0%	0%
7	ZK-WETH	$0.02149	612 days 14 min	$317.4K	$307.5M	0	<$1	0%	0%	0%	-2.49%
8	ZK-WETH	$0.022	612 days 18 hr 22 min	$314K	$314.7M	7	$560.47	0%	0%	-0.09%	1.63%
9	LONG-WETH	$0.0₆3562	695 days 17 hr 8 min	$280.5K	$356.2K	3	<$1	0%	-1.43%	-2.24%	-1.69%
10	WBTC-WETH	$68,284.28	988 days 13 hr 35 min	$174.5K	$1.7M	2	$254.49	0%	0%	-0.57%	-0.03%
11	WETH-USDC.e	$1,995.2	452 days 12 hr 26 min	$172.7K	$8M	14	$3.2K	0%	0.43%	-0.41%	1.29%
12	wstETH-WETH	$4,199.36	719 days 15 hr 53 min	$172.4K	$2.7M	0	<$1	0%	0%	0%	0%
13	RWA-USDT	$0.03123	183 days 12 hr 12 min	$163.5K	$65.6M	1	$20.93	0%	0%	0%	-0.45%
14	WETH-USDT	$1,991.93	1,001 days 18 hr 10 min	$161.4K	$8M	19	$1.6K	0%	0.05%	-0.36%	1.08%
15	USDT-USDC.e	$1	984 days 16 hr 32 min	$152K	$3.1M	0	<$1	0%	0%	0%	0%
16	USDT-USDC.e	$1	992 days 7 hr 28 min	$149.5K	$3M	14	$7K	0%	0%	0%	0%
17	ZF-WETH	$0.00069	911 days 14 hr 59 min	$134.5K	$559K	8	$544.33	0%	0%	-2.03%	-0.84%
18	WETH-USDC.e	$1,986.85	959 days 38 min	$116.7K	$8M	11	$659.71	0%	-0.21%	-0.73%	1.14%
19	ZK-WETH	$0.02185	613 days 19 hr 10 min	$107.2K	$312.5M	4	$172.24	0%	0%	-0.47%	0.82%
20	wrsETH-WETH	$3,517.52	608 days 1 hr 2 min	$93.5K	$262.8K	0	<$1	0%	0%	0%	0%
21	WETH-USDC	$1,986.38	613 days 11 hr 50 min	$92.5K	$8M	14	$2.6K	0%	-0.28%	-0.77%	0.98%
22	wstETH-WETH	$2,435.49	762 days 11 hr 39 min	$83.9K	$1.5M	0	<$1	0%	0%	0%	1.25%
23	USDC-USDC.e-USDT	$1	440 days 18 hr 13 min	$83.4K	$28.8M	0	<$1	0%	0%	0%	0%
24	ZK-WETH	$0.02212	453 days 9 hr 5 min	$70.8K	$316.4M	1	$9.84	0%	0%	0%	2.40%
25	LETH-WETH	$5,244.34	719 days 15 hr 34 min	$63.9K	$126.4K	0	<$1	0%	0%	0%	0%
26	rETH-WETH	$2,285.91	986 days 15 hr 44 min	$54.8K	$184.7K	0	<$1	0%	0%	0%	0%
27	WETH-USDC.e	$1,990.44	935 days 15 hr 36 min	$52.7K	$8M	61	$3.4K	0%	0.01%	-0.31%	1.28%
28	BUSD-USDC.e	$1.4	1,048 days 16 hr 25 min	$51.4K	$232.7K	0	<$1	0%	0%	0%	-0.38%
29	rETH-WETH	$2,371.38	920 days 12 hr 48 min	$51.1K	$192.5K	0	<$1	0%	0%	0%	0%
30	KOI-WETH	$0.0003923	495 days 2 hr 5 min	$51.1K	$313.3K	0	<$1	0%	0%	0%	9.94%
31	WETH-USDC.e	$1,996.23	1,047 days 21 hr 13 min	$48.8K	$8M	4	$130.31	0%	0%	0.83%	1.06%
32	LETH-WETH	$2,026.83	769 days 21 hr 6 min	$45.2K	$48.3K	0	<$1	0%	0%	0%	0%
33	WBTC-WETH	$68,120.49	979 days 6 hr 25 min	$43.7K	$1.7M	0	<$1	0%	0%	0%	0.57%
34	ZK-WETH	$0.02197	613 days 2 min	$39.6K	$314.3M	0	<$1	0%	0%	0%	0.16%
35	WETH-USDC.e	$2,002.38	1,057 days 22 hr 14 min	$38.3K	$8M	2	$68.69	0%	0%	0.36%	0.84%
36	USDT-USDC.e	$1	928 days 18 hr 51 min	$36.9K	$3M	6	$710.51	0%	0%	0%	0%
37	WETH-USDC.e	$1,956.54	-	$36.7K	$25.8K	0	<$1	0%	0%	0%	0%
38	USDC.e-USDC	$1	649 days 8 hr 5 min	$34.7K	$24.6M	2	$287.19	0%	0%	0%	0%
39	ZK-WETH	$0.02179	608 days 1 hr 4 min	$34.4K	$311.8M	2	$37.96	0%	0%	-0.85%	0.64%
40	WBTC-WETH	$68,119.15	984 days 16 hr 29 min	$32K	$1.7M	0	<$1	0%	0%	0%	0.15%
41	WETH-USDT	$1,997.78	984 days 16 hr 31 min	$30.1K	$8M	3	$61.71	0%	0%	0.47%	2.05%
42	MEOW-WETH	$0.0₇8323	792 days 9 hr 52 min	$27.5K	$83.2K	0	<$1	0%	0%	0%	0%
43	HOLD-WETH	$0.497	812 days 16 hr 25 min	$27.5K	$3.9M	0	<$1	0%	0%	0%	2.66%
44	ZORRO-WETH	$0.0₅3681	773 days 9 hr 12 min	$26.7K	$36.8K	0	<$1	0%	0%	0%	0%
45	WETH-USDC.e	$1,996.29	992 days 22 hr 13 min	$25.1K	$8M	4	$64.97	0%	0%	0.77%	1.96%
46	zkSNP-USDT	$0.0003184	760 days 12 hr 34 min	$23.9K	$62.4K	0	<$1	0%	0%	0%	0%
47	VS-WETH	$0.0001166	1,001 days 23 hr 21 min	$22.6K	$39.7K	0	<$1	0%	0%	0%	0%
48	ZK-USDC.e	$0.02189	612 days 18 hr 19 min	$21.2K	$313.2M	3	$89.75	0%	0%	-0.32%	0.84%
49	ZOHM-USDC.e	$0.182	1,058 days 2 hr 57 min	$21.2K	$19.3K	0	<$1	0%	0%	0%	0%
50	WBTC-WETH	$68,247.75	627 days 9 hr 44 min	$20.8K	$1.7M	3	$316.44	0%	0%	-0.51%	-0.46%

What is zkSync (ETH)?

zkSync is a Layer 2 scaling solution for the Ethereum blockchain that utilizes zero-knowledge rollup (ZK-rollup) technology to enable faster and cheaper transactions while inheriting Ethereum's security and decentralization. It is a Layer 2 protocol built on top of Ethereum that aims to increase transaction throughput and reduce gas fees by processing transactions off-chain and generating zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) to verify their validity. zkSync uses ZK-rollup technology, which bundles multiple transactions into a single ZKP that is submitted to the Ethereum mainnet for verification, significantly reducing the computational load on the mainnet. It offers native account abstraction, allowing users to have customized smart contract accounts with their own logic, making crypto more accessible and secure. zkSync is EVM-compatible, meaning existing Ethereum smart contracts can be easily ported to zkSync, enabling developers to build scalable and efficient decentralized applications (dapps) on top of it.

zkSync (ETH) real time data

As of February 17, 2026, the TVL (total value locked) of zkSync blockchain DEXes is $9,259,927.58, with a trading volume of $582,871.29 in 4933 transactions with in the past 24 hours. There are 2572 trading pairs on decentralized exchanges of the zkSync blockchain. The latest block on the zkSync blockchain is 68601936.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does the zkSync blockchain work?: zkSync uses zero-knowledge rollup (ZK-rollup) technology to scale Ethereum. Multiple transactions are grouped into packets and executed in a special environment outside of the main Ethereum network. This allows for a significant increase in throughput compared to Ethereum. After a packet of transactions is executed off-chain, a cryptographic zero-knowledge proof (zero-knowledge proof) is generated, confirming that all transactions in the packet are correct. This proof is very compact in size. The generated ZK proof along with minimal metadata is published in a special smart contract on the Ethereum core network. Due to the compactness of the proof, this requires much less computational resources and gas than performing all transactions directly on Ethereum. The smart contract on Ethereum efficiently verifies the ZK proof by confirming the validity of all transactions in the bundle. Thus, the security of the transactions is ensured by the Ethereum core network, despite the fact that they were executed off-chain.
What are the advantages of zkSync?: zkSync offers scalability, low fees, Ethereum compatibility, security, transaction privacy and an emerging ecosystem of dApps, making it a promising solution for scaling Ethereum.
Who created the zkSync blockchain and when?: The zkSync blockchain was created in June 2020 by Matter Labs, a blockchain technology startup founded in 2018 by Alex Glukhovsky and Alex Vlasov.
What are the development prospects for the zkSync blockchain?: Thanks to ongoing scaling efforts, development of the dApps ecosystem, tokenization, expansion of functionality and hyperchain concept, as well as increased decentralization and security, the zkSync blockchain has significant potential for further growth and strengthening its position as a leading Ethereum scaling solution.