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Examination on interoperability of blockchains by using ZK-rollups

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Ethereum has established itself as a highly decentralized and reliable blockchain network and serves as the de facto standard. However, using public blockchains in enterprise applications can be challenging due to concerns about confidentiality and transaction finality. As a result, consortium and private blockchains, which limit participation to specific nodes, are also commonly used. But these consortium blockchains also have limitations, such as limited node participation due to performance constraints imposed by the consensus algorithm. In this study, by using ZK-rollups as a messaging means, we would connect consortium blockchains via public Ethereum as a hub. We examined a mechanism to balance both mathematically reliable interoperability and maintaining the secrecy of the information and the finality. The concept was actually implemented, to confirm the interoperability of simple money transfer transactions. And also, the way to handle secret information and the finality was theoretically organized.

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BIOTC '23: Proceedings of the 2023 5th Blockchain and Internet of Things Conference
July 2023
95 pages
ISBN:9798400708213
DOI:10.1145/3625078
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