A Pioneering Multi-Chain ZK-Rollup Trading Infrastructure
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zkLink develops zero-knowledge blockchain solutions for the Ethereum ecosystem. It's flagship zero-knowledge Layer-3 aggregator platform, Nexus, is designed to bridge the gap among different zk-Rollup Layer-2 ecosystems to reduce liquidity fragmentation while providing security and scalability via zk-Proofs. It also enhances performance and reduces the cost for trading dApps, while making zero security compromises by inheriting the security characteristics from Ethereum.
Learn more about zkLink from our documentation.
Three different dApps have been built with the zkLink rollup solution, with more to come.
| zkLink Community Sale Details | |
| Sale Date | Thursday, 25-January-2024, 18:00 UTC |
| Price and Lockup Terms | $0.15 per token.
30% unlock on or around March 31, 2024, followed by 9 months of monthly linear vesting |
| Fully Diluted Network Value | $150,000,000 |
| Token Allocation for Sale | 31,250,000 ZKL tokens, ERC20 |
| % of Total Supply | 3.125% |
| Purchase Limits | Minimum Purchase: $100
Maximum Purchase: $500 |
| Additional Allocation Requests | Minimum Request: $100
Maximum Request: $1,500 |
| Funding Method | USDT, USDC |
| Excluded Participants | Excluded participants include residents of the US (and its territories), Canada, China, Republic of Korea, and certain jurisdictions. |
| Sale FAQ | zkLink Sale FAQ |
ZKL functions as both the native utility token and the governance token for the zkLink protocol. Operating as a standard ERC20 token on ethereum, ZKL will also be made accessible across integrated Layer 1 chains and Ethereum Layer 2 rollups. The total supply of ZKL is capped at 1,000,000,000 ZKL tokens and maintains a non-inflationary model.
Prover Fee: ZKL acts as the primary payment token for the zero-knowledge proof generation service offered by provers. Within the zkLink App Rollup infrastructure solution, DApps pay prover fees using ZKL. Provers will need to stake ZKL to access the Proof Auction Market, and earn ZKL rewards upon successful completion of proof task. The Proof Auction Market is a smart contract that coordinates the zero-knowledge proving task price bidding process and manages the provers access, distribute the prover fees, and more. Provers play an essential role within the protocol, contributing the computational resource necessary to compute and generate the zero-knowledge proof for the off-chain transactions.
License Fee for Rollup Infrastructure: DApps utilizing the zkLink rollup solution (App Rollups) compensate the infrastructure license fee in ZKL to the zkLink DAO Vault. An alternative payment option includes future revenue sharing. The zkLink DAO maintains the flexibility to modify the pricing framework. App Rollups gather transaction fees or other fees from users to sustain ongoing business operations.
Governance: ZKL is the governance token for the zkLink protocol. ZKL holders possess the ability to participate in the governance of the protocol development by initiating and voting on the proposals.
Perks: ZKL enables access to advantages within ecosystem dApps, such as discounted trading fees and exclusive NFT minting opportunities. The specific perks are curated by zkLink DAO and supported by eco dApps through the DAO Vault to cover the initial license fees.
The ZKL token secures the protocol’s decentralization in the long term. It incentivises active community participation to provide the computational resources necessary to generate the zero-knowledge proof, and sustain the network operations.
| Category | Allocation | Description | Allocation Breakdown | Unlock Schedule |
| Community Treasury | 29.875% | Community Rewards | 10% | 50% unlock at TGE for early adopter rewards. 50% for future rewards. |
| Community Treasury Reserve | 15.875% | TBD by DAO governance on a case by case basis. | ||
| Community Dev Incentive & Bug Bounty | 4% | 30% unlock at TGE, followed by a 1 year of monthly linear vesting | ||
| Liquidity Reserve | 4.000% | Liquidity Reserve for Liquidity Provision on CEX & DEX | 50% unlock at TGE, followed by 1 year of monthly linear vesting. When in circulation, the strategy is to maintain a neutral token balance. | |
| Ecosystem Development | 22.500% | Developer Grants, Eco fund, Marketing, BD, Liquidity Alliance, etc. | 20% unlock at TGE, followed by 2 years of linear monthly vesting. | |
| Founding Team & Advisors | 20.000% | 6 months lock-up, followed by 3 years of monthly linear vesting. | ||
| Early Private Purchasers | 20.500% | Pre-seed round | 8% | 5 months lock-up, followed by 27 months of linear vesting. |
| Seed round | 7.8% | 4 months lock-up, followed by 27 months of linear vesting. | ||
| Private round | 4.7% | 3 months lock-up, followed by 27 months of linear vesting. | ||
| CoinList Sale | 3.125% | 30% unlock at TGE, followed by 9 months of monthly linear vesting. |
The zkLink ecosystem continues to grow with dApps across various categories: Order Book DEXs, NFT Marketplaces, gaming, RWA derivatives, and more.
Currently 3 ecosystem applications are running on mainnet or testnet utilizing zkLink infrastructure:
Simultaneously, the protocol integrates with industry solutions such as key developer tooling, cross-chain messaging protocol, wallets, oracles, decentralized identity, modular DA, shared sequencer, and more.