Cortex Blockchain testing Layer2 zkRollup Solution — ZK Matrix

Oscar W
Cortex Labs
Published in
2 min readJan 29, 2022

Cortex 2.0 is rolling out TestNet to test Layer2 expansion — ZK Matrix — in an effort to scale up on-chain transactions and achieve the accuracy and privacy of on-chain AI results.

The performance improvement expansion plan of Cortex 2.0 is divided into three stages: zero-­knowledge proof for transfer transactions, zero­-knowledge proof for smart contracts, and zero-­knowledge proof for AI models. The first phase adopts the zk­Rollup solution to realize ZKP of transfer transactions and acceleration of packaging. In the second stage, by enhancing the versatility of the zero­ knowledge proof circuit, zk­CVM is realized to perform ZKP and transaction packaging, to support smart contracts without AI inference. In the third stage, by adopting the AI­-compatible ZKP technology of inference, the blockchain capacity will expand for transactions that include AI model inference.

ZK Matrix is a zkRollup-based Layer2 solution aiming to increase transaction throughput per second while reducing transaction fees. The solution inherits the security and consensus aspects of the main blockchain and focuses on executing the transaction performance.

zk­Rollup uses zero­-knowledge proof to put the transaction verification section off-­chain. It does not require every node to participate in the calculation but only needs to verify the correctness of the calculation results. Traditional verification requires a recalculation of the verification result and takes up a lot of resources. However, zk­Rollup reduces the computation overhead of verification hugely by adopting probabilistic confidence proof PCP, which guarantees the proof correctness under the maximum probability.

Here is the video tutorial for ZK Matrix.

To explore more detail, please check out Whitepaper 2.0.

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