Ethereum’s First ZK-Rollup ZKsync Lite to Shut Down in 2026

December 8, 2025

ZKsync has announced plans to deprecate ZKsync Lite, Ethereum’s first zero-knowledge rollup, in 2026 as the protocol shifts its focus entirely toward the ZKsync network and ZK Stack-powered chains.The original Layer 2 solution, which launched in December 2020 as a groundbreaking proof-of-concept, will undergo an orderly sunset after serving its … 

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