The LayerZero team has announced Zero, a new cryptocurrency network in development that it describes as the first “multi-core world computer.” The launch was accompanied by support from institutions such as Google Cloud, USDT stablecoin issuer Tether, and financial firms Citadel Securities and Ark Invest.
“We are excited to partner with LayerZero ahead of the launch of Zero. “We believe Zero has the potential to become the leading smart contract platform in the next era of on-chain finance,” they said from Ark Invest in X.
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino explained that the partnership includes the following integrations: LayerZero technology in Tether’s WDK (Wallet Development Kit)a tool that allows businesses and developers to create their own storage and payment applications. Its aim is to simplify interactions between different networks through the LayerZero protocol, enabling payments and remittances with less technical burden for users and businesses.
Meanwhile, Google Cloud will join as a partner to explore the use of LayerZero infrastructure in micropayments between artificial intelligence (AI) agents, with the aim of enabling low-latency automated transactions without a bank account.
For Citadel Securities, the company leverages its experience in market structures to evaluate applications in trading, clearing, and settlement; Strategic investment in ZROthe network’s native and active governance token.
Meanwhile, the price of ZRO skyrocketed after the announcement of the new Zero network. 35.5% increase As of this note, it is trading at $2.3 per token.
Zero, a network promising millions of transactions per second
According to a statement on February 10 this year, the network has the following processing capacity: Up to 2 million transactions per second (TPS) for each “atomicity zone”.
For example, compared to other networks, Solana currently handles an average of 3,000 TPS, while Ethereum’s base layer is around 24 or 25 TPS and its second layer (L2) chain, Lighter, is 2,000 to 3,000 TPS.
In Zero, each of these atomic zones works as follows: Independent processes that can manipulate transactions and information in parallel along with other regions.
As discussed, a potential benefit is that each zone has separate resources within the same protocol, so one application generating high demand does not necessarily cause other applications to become congested.
According to the LayerZero team, an “atomicity zone” can be compared to a multi-core processor where multiple applications can run simultaneously without blocking each other. In a single “core” network, all applications compete for the same resources.
Operational Efficiency: Cost Reduction and Validation Availability
Zero Network incorporates Zero Knowledge (ZK) proofs, a technology that allows transactions to be verified using compact mathematical proofs. Rather than forcing each node to repeat the entire process, of computing.
In practice, this means that not all validators need to perform all transactions.
Zero architecture allows The network is divided into two roles: A producer who does the heavy lifting, and a validator who only verifies mathematical proofs.
Thus, chains prevent all nodes from becoming identical copies replicating the same work.
Governance and forecasting
Zero is secured through Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS). Owners of the network’s native token ZROthey delegate their authority to validators.
The design aims to prevent verification from being dominated by large operators by eliminating high minimum requirements and automatic penalties at the consensus layer.
Finally, the model also includes a “senator” figure, an expert to whom participants can delegate their votes. However, users retain the possibility of direct intervention, which balances technical specialization and decentralized control.
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