ZKsync will officially discontinue ZKsync Lite on May 4th, with the project integrated into the Era ecosystem.

SmartContractAuditor · 2026-02-27T12:41:15+00:00

ZKsync will officially decommission ZKsync Lite on May 4th. The network will be permanently frozen, and users must withdraw their assets before this date. Since its launch in 2020, Lite has not supported smart contracts. After deprecation, a read-only API will be provided to support data access. Currently, approximately $33.9 million in assets remain in Lite.

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2026-02-27 12:41:15

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Odaily Planet Daily reports that ZKsync announced it will officially deprecate ZKsync Lite on May 4th. At that time, block production will cease, and the network’s final state will be permanently frozen. ZKsync Lite was launched in June 2020 under the name ZKsync 1.0 and was considered the first zero-knowledge proof rollup on Ethereum, but it did not support smart contract functionality. Matter Labs stopped development of Lite in March 2023 after launching ZKsync Era, which supports arbitrary smart contracts via zkEVM.

The team stated that this deprecation will not affect Era or other chains built on the ZK Stack framework. After shutdown, read-only APIs will be maintained for at least one year to support data access. Users are advised to withdraw their assets before May 4th; funds not withdrawn by then can still be claimed afterward.

According to L2BEAT data, approximately $33.9 million worth of assets remain on ZKsync Lite via bridge, including about $24.9 million in stablecoins, around $8.4 million in ETH and derivatives, approximately $313,000 in BTC and derivatives, and about $231,000 in other assets.

ZK-8.02%

ERA-4.39%

ETH-7.99%

BTC-5.65%

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