# ZKsync (ZK): D-Score 33/100 — Centralized Leaning

**BlockIndex D-Score: 33/100 (Centralized Leaning).** ZKsync (ZK) is a Layer 2 cryptocurrency using Other consensus. ZKsync: EVM-compatible zk-rollup Layer-2 delivering high-throughput, low-cost transactions with enterprise privacy and provers.

_Source: https://blockindex.ai/coin/zk · Data by BlockIndex.AI · Updated 2026-06-19_

## D-Score breakdown (0-100, higher means more decentralized)
| Component | Score |
| --- | --- |
| Overall D-Score | 33 |
| Node distribution | 0 |
| Initial distribution | 0 |
| Governance | 20 |
| Age and history | 13 |
| Autonomy | 0 |

## Key facts
- Layer: Layer 2
- Consensus: Other (N/A)
- Launch: Other (2020)
- Founder: Alex Gluchowski
- VC funded: Yes
- Max supply: 21,000,000,000
- Circulating: 9,983,790,276 (47.5%)

## Market data (as of 2026-06-19)
- Price: $0.01
- Market cap: $110.79M
- 24h volume: $13.61M
- 24h change: -4.07% · 7d change: +0.76%

## About
ZKsync is a trustless Layer-2 protocol and ecosystem built to scale Ethereum through zero-knowledge rollup technology. Developed by Matter Labs, ZKsync implements an EVM-compatible zk-rollup (zkEVM) that batches and verifies transactions off-chain using cryptographic validity proofs, inheriting Ethereum finality while greatly reducing gas costs and improving throughput. From its inception, the project has emphasized developer ergonomics—supporting Solidity toolchains like Hardhat and Foundry—while also delivering user-centric features such as smart accounts, paymasters and passkeys. Matter Labs positions ZKsync as an "Elastic Network": a family of customizable ZK chains that can be public or private, interconnected with ZK-native interoperability and settlement tooling to serve both consumer dApps and institutional use cases.

Technically, ZKsync distinguishes itself by offering a complete ZK stack: zkEVM to preserve EVM semantics for developers; Airbender, a high-performance prover that aims to reduce proof latency; and ZKsync OS for operating and managing ZK chains. Throughout 2024–2025 the project demonstrated a cadence of core and prover releases alongside a public bug-bounty program and several open-source releases (notably Airbender and ZKsync OS in June 2025). These releases reflect a focus on production readiness, operational tooling (read-replicas and local verification APIs), and enterprise features such as Prividium for privacy and compliance and managed-chain offerings for organizations needing production SLAs.

ZKsync’s ecosystem use cases are broad: DeFi primitives, NFT and gaming deployments, tokenization and RWA experiments, and enterprise private settlement. The protocol’s architecture—settling validity proofs to Ethereum mainnet—allows projects on zkSync to interoperate with Ethereum liquidity while benefiting from lower transaction costs and higher throughput. In practice, this has led to a mix of consumer and institutional pilots; examples in the dataset include NFT/game launches and integrations with TradFi proof-of-concept work. Governance is mediated through token-holder proposals (ZIPs) which have driven protocol changes and additions, and the project continues to iterate on tokenomics and governance to better align incentives.

On tokenomics, ZK has a documented max supply (21,000,000,000 ZK in the provided snapshots) with circulating supply snapshots varying across data sources (e.g., a CMC snapshot listing ~10.61B circulating and ~13.96B total supply at one point). Market snapshots in the provided files show price, market cap and volume figures from CoinMarketCap and Messari; the dataset includes an ATH recorded in 2024 and multiple subsequent supply and pricing snapshots. The project has documented VC funding rounds (Series A and a $50M round led by a16z in 2021) and retains a company development entity (Matter Labs) that operates significant portions of the stack while governance and ZIP processes enable token-holder participation.

Looking forward, ZKsync’s roadmap and strategic priorities in the provided materials emphasize consolidation onto the ZK Stack (deprecating legacy Lite deployments), improved prover performance (Airbender), expansion of managed services for enterprises, and L1 interop to provide direct Ethereum liquidity connectivity. These technical and product directions—combined with ongoing open-source releases and enterprise pilots—position ZKsync as a leading zk-rollup-focused Layer-2 ecosystem, balancing developer ergonomics, enterprise requirements and community-driven governance.

## Links
- Website: https://zksync.io/
- Whitepaper: N/A
- GitHub: N/A

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