Ethereum Rollup Scroll has now left users independently and become ‘first’ to hit decentralization milestone

Scroll said on Monday that it became the first Ethereum layer 2 with the help of zero knowledge certificates to achieve a critical development phase, allowing users to post transactions without trusting a central operator.

In one after Against X, Scroll praised his progress in safety, scalability and decentralization after he claimed that the project had reached “phase 1” in its development.

“Although Scroll has always had a fully functional ZK proof system, users had to rather trust centralized sequencer to prevent censorship or downtime,” it said. “That is no longer the case.”

Scroll obliges users to rely on a central system to process their transactions without blocking or delays – now, even if that system fails or censors, transactions can still continue, according to the project.

Scroll’s Euclid Upgrade, those users Voted to approve Earlier this month the system keeps active, even if the primary operator stops or tries to block the actions of users.

Rollups usually start with phase 0 with full team control, go to phase 1 where smart contracts take over, but a security council can come in and reach phase 2 when the system is completely on code without a central authority.

If the operator blocks a user or is switched off, the transaction can still be admitted and sent to Ethereum. This solves a big problem for tools such as Scroll.

They have to make evidence for each group of actions, but these evidence can only be that great. If a user sends a considerable action, it can ultimately disrupt the entire system.

Working with Axiom – A project that helps smart contracts to verify blockchain data from the past – built a new tool with the name OpenVM, which splits large actions into smaller, proven documents.

Instead of failing to fail, larger evidence can “just take longer to prove”, Scroll explained in his post.

To keep users safe, all system changes must be voted and then wait three days before they apply. This gives users time to leave if they don’t like the changes.

The Euclid update sets a 12-person safety team in the name of the Security Council, which mandatory strict rules.

At least nine members must agree to do something, and at least seven of them are not allowed to work for Scroll. Only two Scroll council members can be in the council.

Despite the improvements, Scroll has a considerable part of it trouble. Launched in 2023, it later went on the market than competitors such as ZKSync ERA and Polygon ZKEVM.

Yet Scroll says that it now “looks ahead” at phase 2, which would limit what a group can do in an emergency situation, even the Security Council.

Edited by Sebastian Sinclair