On October 12, Opside announced to the outside worldAnnounceOpside officially upgraded its brand to Lumoz. This marks an important step in the development process of Lumoz, allowing global users to better understand and apply ZK-Rollup technology, promoting the large-scale implementation of application chains based on zkEVM, and further promoting the innovation of ZK technology.
Lumoz (formerly Opside) officially launched its test network at the end of May this year. It has been running smoothly for 5 months, and the enthusiasm for participation in the global community continues to rise. As of now, there are more than 240,000 independent users, 25,000+ PoS nodes, and 100+ large PoW miners. In addition, 15+ project parties have passed the official review and generated customized zkEVM application chains on the Opside platform.
Why change the name?
In the past year or so, Lumoz has achieved impressive results. In todays RaaS (Rollup as a service) track, Lumoz is the first and only platform that focuses on ZK-Rollup as a Service and provides underlying computing power. .
The name of Opside comes from Operator, but as Optimistic Rollup gradually enters the public eye, we find that more and more users mistakenly classify Opside as an Optimistic Rollup track.
In addition, Opside has developed steadily in 2023, and has successively implemented and launched important user functions such as Pre-Alpha test network, ZK-Rollup Launchbase, ZKP Two-step Argrithum, NCRC protocol, etc., and cooperated with many leading zkEVM, modularization in the ZK track There is good communication and collaboration between components, third-party service providers, etc., covering and involving most of the vertical directions of the track.
To sum up, the functions implemented and provided by Opside cannot be simply summarized using Operator. In addition, the original name will also bring some unnecessary misunderstandings. Therefore, we believe that a comprehensive brand upgrade is It is imperative.
Why Lumoz?
After deciding on Rebranding, the team acted quickly, conducted many long internal brainstorming sessions, consulted and listened to hundreds of suggestions from global community users and senior industry practitioners, and finally confirmed the new name as Lumoz .
Lumoz originates from Latin"Lumos", means"Light"or"bright". Quoted from JK Rowlings best-selling novel series Harry Potter, in the novel,"Lumos"is a spell used to light the tail of a magic wand, creating light. by adding"s"Replace with"z"，"Lumoz"cleverly with"zk"(Zero-knowledge proof) technologies are associated to form a unique identity.
Of course, if anyone is familiar with Lumo, they will know that it is also similar to molecular orbitals, similar to Layer 2.
Therefore, the team hopes that Lumoz can become a ray of light on the ZK track and illuminate the way forward for the large-scale implementation of ZK-Rollup.
Lumoz Vision: Make ZK-Rollup within reach
Since its birth in 2022, Lumoz has been adhering to the mission of making it easier for users to understand and use ZK-Rollup technology. To this end, Lumoz was the first in the industry to propose the concept of ZK-RaaS (ZK-Rollup as a Service), which meets the needs of developers to create customized ZK-Rollups (zkEVM application chains) based on multiple L1s.
In the more than a year since Lumoz was born, the team has persevered, conquered and achieved milestones one after another. In May 2023, with the launch of the Pre-alpha incentivized test network, the small-scale test of the one-click deployment of the zkEVM application chain was a complete success. In August of the same year, the official also made major changes to ZKRollup Launchbase.renew, Rollup L1 main chain option newly supports ETH/BSC/Polygon test network, and provides a variety of DA / shared sequencer and other modular components.
Today, more and more developers/users are creating customized zkEVM application chains through Lumozs codeless ZK-Rollup Launchbase. This indicates that Lumoz’s vision of making ZK-Rollup within reach is being gradually realized.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that during operation, the official will also provide underlying computing power for general ZKP calculations through the Decentralized Prover Network, and the project party only needs to focus on subsequent operations, which greatly reduces the threshold for using ZK technology and the project It also effectively promotes the large-scale popularization of ZK-Rollup technology.
Walking towards the light, Lumoz has a promising future
Looking forward, Lumoz will strictly follow its roadmap:
Support more zkEVM types:Currently, the zkEVM types supported by Lumoz include Polygon zkEVM and zkSync. Q4 is expected to support Scroll, StarkNet, etc. In the future, by continuously expanding zkEVM type support, Lumoz will meet the needs of more different developers and project parties, thereby promoting the widespread application of ZK-Rollup technology;
Continuously optimize ZKRollup Launchbase:Although the current ZK-Rollup Launchbase can already meet the needs of most people, in the official plan, these are just the basics. In the future, Lumoz also plans to provide more modular components (such as integrating more third-party DA) and functions in order to Further simplify and accelerate the deployment of zkEVM application chain;
Continue to expand ecological cooperation:Up to now, Lumozs ecological development has been somewhat successful, with nearly a hundred ecological projects, covering GameFi, DeFi, NFT, Social, Tool and other fields. In the future, Lumoz will also actively seek opportunities to cooperate with more high-quality projects. We also hope that through in-depth cooperation with each other, while sharing resources and traffic, we will strengthen effective innovation at the practical application level and effectively promote the application of ZK-Rollup technology. ;
Develop the miner ecosystem and lower the entry barrier for CPU GPU:As ZK-Rollup technology gradually matures, hundreds or thousands of ZK-Rollups may be born in the future, which will inevitably bring huge demand for ZKP computing power. Lumoz currently uses the ZK-PoW mechanism to incentivize Miners to provide ZKP computing power, thereby providing complete hardware facilities for ZK-Rollup. Therefore, miners will be an important part of the entire ecological network. To this end, officials have been actively adjusting the entry barriers for CPU GPU. Currently, the officially proposed ZKP two-step submission algorithm mechanism has greatly improved the efficiency of ZKP generation. In the future, Lumoz will also make more efforts at the software and hardware levels to protect the rights and interests of miners to the greatest extent.
Help popularize and promote ZK-Rollup technology:While constantly seeking technological breakthroughs, Lumoz hopes to make more people understand and apply ZK-Rollup and push it to the forefront of wider applications. Therefore, in future plans, in addition to participating in more industry summits/exchanges, Lumoz will also actively teach developers and users about ZK-Rollup knowledge through hackathons, RaaS Day, etc., and provide support and guidance. , thereby better helping them use ZK technology to achieve innovation in their respective fields.
Currently, the Lumoz testnet continuesopen, interested community users, developers, and industry enthusiasts can participate, contribute their own efforts and earn points, which can be redeemed to obtain Lumozs mainnet Token when the mainnet is launched next year.
