2025-12-26 12:26:52

Layer2 scalability has always been a core topic in the Ethereum ecosystem. The Lighter team has recently made new progress — their zk circuits for perpetual and spot trading have passed independent security audits and are officially open-sourced to the community.

What does this mean? Simply put, all order placements, cancellations, and liquidations on Lighter L2 can be independently verified by external validators using the complete verification code. Transparency is maximized.

From a technical perspective, auditing and open-sourcing zero-knowledge proof (zk) circuits reduces trust costs. Developers can access build scripts via GitHub to personally verify the validity of each on-chain transaction, which is crucial for the long-term adoption of Layer2. Compared to traditional black-box solutions, this approach makes the entire ecosystem healthier and more reliable.

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MevShadowranger

· 12-26 12:56

Open-source code this move is indeed impressive, but how many people are actually using it?

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rug_connoisseur

· 12-26 12:55

Open-source auditing sounds good in theory, but how many developers actually run the verification themselves...

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VibesOverCharts

· 12-26 12:54

Haha, Lighter really held it together this time, open-source zk circuits? Full transparency makes me feel at ease. --- This is more like what Layer2 should look like—no more black box tricks. --- So now I can verify transactions myself? Then I no longer have to trust blindly. --- Open-source audits are a smart move, cutting trust costs in half. --- But does anyone on GitHub actually run this code... or do you need to be really clever to understand it?

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ImpermanentLossFan

· 12-26 12:52

Maxed-out transparency is great, but are there really many people using it? Who actually verifies the open-source code?

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GasGasGasBro

· 12-26 12:48

Open-source zk definitely attracts attention, but how many developers can actually use it? To put it simply, it still depends on whether the ecosystem development keeps up.

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BagHolderTillRetire

· 12-26 12:46

Open-source auditing is a popular trend now, but does anyone really go line-by-line checking on GitHub? I definitely don't have the time. L2 needs to be transparent, otherwise who would dare to put big money in. Lighter made a good move, much more reliable than those still closed-source projects. To put it nicely, it's about reducing trust costs; to be blunt, maybe the trust was too low before. Open source ≠ security. Don't be fooled; passing an audit doesn't change the reality that I'm stuck in.

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