Polygon Aglier to make multiple blockchains feel like ‘one chain’

A new protocol from Ethereum-scaling solutions developer Polygon Labs promises to integrate what it calls a “distributed blockchain landscape” into a network of networks.

In a January 24th blog post, Polygon announced that its AggLayer solution will be launched next month, saying it will enable zero-knowledge (ZK) to aggregate evidence from multiple blockchains and allow developers to merge Layer 1 and 2 blockchains into a single network. .

For end users, Polygon Labs says the user experience will be “internet-like,” and users won't need to make “difficult and repetitive bridges” to use other chains.

Polygon Labs' AggLayer's case example is a user holding DAI on the Ethereum L2 chain X1 and purchasing Polygon's Zero-Knowledge Vulnerable Token (NFT) without connecting the DAI to zkEVM.

“From an end-user perspective, this feels like using a single chain,” he wrote. “Users can connect. [decentralized applications] Without needing to know that you are entering another chain.

Polygon Labs' motivation for creating Aglier stems from its belief that blockchain should be a “converged, highly scalable network” similar to the Internet, but which currently faces poor user experience and limitations with users who are “siloed and lack interaction.”

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AggLayer says it will improve the monolithic and modular blockchain architecture that is now widely used.

Monolithic blockchains – like Bitcoin – have functions such as transactions, settlements and data availability on a single layer. Modular chains – like post-merger Ethereum – distribute these functions across layers with the aim of increasing efficiency.

Polygon Labs writes, “Integration leverages the advantages of both integrated (monolithic) and modular architectures using ZK technology.”

The first version is scheduled to launch in February, with the second version slated for later in the year, which Polygon Labs says will support asynchronous cross-chain transactions.

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