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Polygon co-founder Jordi Baylina has spun off zero-knowledge project ZisK
ZisK will be an independent project from Polygon and support multiple programming languages
Baylina will remain connected to Polygon as an advisor

Polygon co-founder Jordi Baylina has spun off zero-knowledge project ZisK from Polygon to continue “as an independent initiative.” With a core team of seven developers, the project aims to support multiple programming languages and boost the adoption of blockchain-based projects. Baylina will, however, remain at Polygon but in an advisory role, something that may lead to a collaboration between the two projects in the future.

Adopting Decentralized Values

According to Baylina, ZisK is the answer to bringing truly decentralized values to mainstream adoption. ZisK’s X page described the project as a “high-performance, fully open-source zkVM (zero-knowledge virtual machine) stack […] designed for low latency proving.”

Me, together with a core team of 7 developers, just spun off from Polygon to continue the ZisK project as an independent initiative.
I’ll remain co-founder and advisor at Polygon, but my main focus now shifts to @ziskvm.
Excited for this new era in the blockchain journey — we… https://t.co/aCOvbm3BX4

— Jordi Baylina – baylina.eth (@jbaylina) June 18, 2025

The network currently supports the Rust programming language but plans to add support for other “high-level languages” like Go and C#. The Polygon co-founder disclosed that ZisK left with the core minds behind Polygon Hermez, a Polygon project focusing on providing secure, low-cost, and usable token transfers.

According to ZisK’s X page, the project has been in development for more than a year. It added that the network features advanced aggregation circuits, a super-optimized GPU code, and a highly parallelized proof generation.

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ZisK distributed architecture enables Ethereum blocks to be proven in real time — or faster.
1.5GHz zkVM execution
Highly parallelized proof generation
Super-optimized GPU code
Advanced aggregation circuits

— ziskvm (@ziskvm) June 18, 2025

The network can “work as a library or as a standalone software,” allowing developers to create their own circuits, rollups, or zk-based apps. ZisK noted that it aims to become “the reference implementation in the space.”

Polygon Shifts Focus From zkEVM

ZisK’s departure from Polygon Labs comes a few days after Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal became the first Polygon Foundation CEO. Nailwal said he plans to concentrate more on Agglayer and Polygon PoS instead of zero-knowledge projects. 

It also comes barely a month after Mihailo Bjelic, a Polygon co-founder, left the Ethereum layer 2 project. Bjelic, however, said that Polygon is in good hands and its leadership is committed to its success.

With Polygon’s zkEVM team joining ZisK, it’s to be seen whether the project will continue on the original goal of Polygon Hermez.

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Filed under: Bitcoin - @ June 21, 2025 10:18 am