ZK-powered Polygon chains
Deploy Polygon CDK (Chain Development Kit) zkEVM chains with native ZK proving infrastructure.
Contractually backed
EVM and non-EVM
Globally distributed
Audited annually
One-click deployment for Polygon CDK rollups. No manual configuration, no code required.
High-throughput sequencer with GPU proof generation for fast finality and low latency.
Nodes scale with demand across regions. Costs drop up to 60% vs manually provisioned setups.
Block explorer, faucet, and transaction debugging tools ready on day one.
Data availability anchored to Ethereum. Immutable, trustless, compliant.
Threat detection, automatic patching, and live dashboards. Your rollup stays healthy around the clock.
Rollup posts data to Ethereum. Validium posts to a DAC for cheaper, faster operation.
Set chain ID, gas token, prover backend, and AggLayer integration preferences.
Sequencer, prover, aggregator, and bridge contracts deployed. Block explorer and AggLayer interop included.
Testnet first, then mainnet. Continuous prover capacity management and upgrade tracking.
Polygon CDK is one of four frameworks we run. Here's how it stacks up against the others.
| Framework | Type | Finality | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| OP Stack | Optimistic rollup | 7-day challenge | Superchain interop, EVM-equivalent dApps |
| Arbitrum Orbit | Optimistic / AnyTrust | 7-day or 1-day | Permissioned chains, high-throughput dApps |
| Polygon CDK | ZK rollup (zkEVM) | Hours (finality) | Fast settlement, AggLayer interop |
| zkSync ZK Stack | ZK rollup | Hours (finality) | Native account abstraction, low-cost ZK |
Polygon CDK (Chain Development Kit) is a framework for launching ZK rollups and validiums that interoperate via Polygon's AggLayer. CDK chains use ZK proofs for finality and can settle in hours instead of the 7-day window common in optimistic rollups.