Binance Enters Zero-Knowledge Race With zkBNB

BNB Chain Is The Third-Largest Smart Contract Network

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Binance Enters Zero-Knowledge Race With zkBNB

Binance’s recently rebranded BNB Chain is the latest smart contract network to throw its hat in the ring to deliver smart contracts powered by zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs.

On Sep. 8, the world’s largest crypto exchange announced zkBNB, a Layer 2 (L2) rollup network built on top of the BNB Smart Chain using ZK proofs. Binance launched a testnet for zkBNB on September 2, open-sourcing its code in the process.

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