ZkSync works to provide a scaling solution for the Ethereum network- a smart contracts platform-through the use of zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) to get rid of the congestion taking place in the blockchain. The ZKPs are a way for a “prover” to demonstrate to what is called the “verifier” that a claim is valid without disclosing any information other than the fact itself. This enables transaction authentication while still keeping information discrete, and it works to improve the scalability and...