[ZKsync Plans to Decommission Early Network ZKsync Lite in 2026]
According to The Block, ZKsync announced on Sunday that it plans to decommission ZKsync Lite (formerly ZKsync 1.0) — the original zero-knowledge rollup solution launched on Ethereum in 2020 — sometime next year. In the related announcement, ZKsync stated that this is a planned and orderly system decommissioning arrangement. The system has fulfilled its mission and will not affect any other ZKsync systems. The team will announce specific details, dates, and migration guidelines next year.
According to L2BEAT data, although ZKsync Lite currently processes fewer than 200 transactions per day, approximately $50 million in user funds remain on the network. ZKsync assured that the funds are secure and that withdrawal functionality to L1 will remain operational throughout the process. ZKsync emphasized that this decommissioning will not impact its other products.
It is reported that Matter Labs, the company behind ZKsync, launched the fully functional zkEVM — ZKsync Era — in March 2023. This system can run arbitrary smart contracts, and active development on ZKsync Lite ceased thereafter. The team stated that their next focus will be on systems built on the ZK Stack, Prividiums, and the broader ZKsync network.