Welcome & Links

Welcome to ZK Nation, a community driven by a shared purpose to govern, defend, and grow the ZKsync protocol. ZK Nation unites individuals, organizations, and technologies to realize the ZK Credo, expand freedom and accelerate intentional innovation.

In these docs you can find information about ZK Nation, the ZK token, ZKsync Governance System, and frequently asked questions.

Ecosystem Overview

This ecosystem overview highlights the key players within ZK Nation and illustrates how they interact and collaborate to support one another.

Discover the governance bodies, supporting entities, and the governance procedures on the ZKsync Governance Procedures: Overview page.

For other information about the ZKsync protocol, visit the homepage at zksync.io

Key Terminology

  • ZK Nation: ZK Nation is an umbrella term used to describe the individuals, organizations, and technologies to realize the ZK Credo, expand freedom and accelerate intentional innovation. It is a community driven by a shared purpose to govern, defend, and grow the ZKsync protocol.

  • ZKsync Chain: Fully customizable autonomous rollups, validiums, or volitions, built using the ZK Stack framework. They operate fully independently, while interconnected through the ZK Gateway and the L1 smart contracts.

  • ZKsync Stack: ZKsync Stack is a modular developer-friendly framework used to customize & deploy interoperable ZK-powered blockchains. All ZKsync Chains are built using the ZK Stack toolkit and share users & liquidity.

  • Elastic Network: A network of ZKsync Chains built on the ZK Stack framework, all connected through a single Bridgehub and natively interoperable at the protocol level—creating a zone of seamless movement for users and assets.

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