Why Aleph Zero

EVM ZK-privacy. Subsecond proving times.

Aleph Zero is a fast and scalable blockchain ecosystem boasting a WASM L1, an EVM L2, as well as subsecond transaction and ZK-privacy proving times.

What web3 needs?
What web3 will get

Solving the challenges of web3

Performance

Performance leads to great user experience. For apps that are private and the ones that are not.  

When it comes to the network’s speed, many blockchains have already solved it by now–and so have we.

The speed has still been a major hurdle for on-chain privacy to offer a smooth user experience.

Not anymore.

Privacy

On-chain privacy is still not widely adopted in web3. The available solutions are mostly too complex to use and isolated from the broader web3 ecosystem.

Let's solve that with privacy-enabled apps in which you can never get lost, and all actions are performed instantly. For the second-largest market in crypto and beyond.

That’s Aleph Zero with zkOS.

Security

There are multiple flavors of on-chain security. 

The blockchain must offer ultimate levels of security. Period. 

There has to be privacy to enhance the personal security of users.  

Enterprises need to keep their data confidential to stay ahead of the game.

You'll find that in Aleph Zero.

Key features

zkOS

zkOS is a ZK-privacy system capable of achieving subsecond proving times. It will enable Privacy-as-a-Service (PaaS) via seamless app integrations on both WASM and EVM-compatible networks.

zkToolkit

zkToolkit is a set of custom tools made by the Aleph Zero team to help developers integrate the zkOS privacy layer with existing apps.

Aleph Zero EVM L2

Aleph Zero EVM is our take on an EVM Layer 2 blockchain, which opens the Aleph Zero ecosystem to the second largest blockchain network—and its dedicated user base. Boasting 250ms on-demand block times and powered by the Arbitrum Orbit stack, the EVM offers a sleek user and developer experience with broad industry compatibility.

Aleph Zero WASM L1

This is Aleph Zero’s layer 1 smart contract pallet that utilizes ink!, a Rust-embedded domain-specific language (eDSL), which compiles to WASM. Features subsecond time to finality, close to 170 validator nodes, and optimal theoretical security guarantees.

AlephBFT

AlephBFT is the heart of the Aleph Zero WASM L1. This peer-reviewed consensus protocol enables the secure operation of the network while ensuring an immutable and proven history of transactions as long as two-thirds of users are honest.

Aleph Zero Data Availability Layer

Thanks to Aleph Zero's low storage fees and high throughput, it can be used by other chains to store data. In practice, this means low costs and fast transactions—where the Aleph Zero EVM can be used for operations, yet the data can still be stored on Aleph Zero WASM.

MOST

MOST is Aleph Zero's native bridging solution between Ethereum, Aleph Zero WASM L1, and the Aleph Zero EVM L2. It's designed to offer reduced fees for bridging native ETH, stablecoins, and other tokens from Ethereum to the Aleph Zero ecosystem.

EVM ZK-privacy. Subsecond proving times.

Aleph Zero Foundation

Cardinal Cryptography sp. z o.o.

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