Chainlink announces new partnership as fight for EVM compatibility rages on On 6 February, StarkWare, a technology firm specializing in the creation of scalable solutions for blockchain and decentralized applications, announced a collaboration with Chainlink Labs. The partnership will see the integration of Chainlink Price Feeds onto the Starknet testnet, with the potential for it to be rolled out onto the Starknet mainnet soon. StarkWare offers a suite of zero-knowledge (ZK) proof technology and blockchain infrastructure products, including StarkNet. StarkNet is a permissionless, decentralized Validity-Rollup protocol that functions as a layer-2 scaling solution on the Ethereum mainnet. EVM-compatible ZK rollups are increasing Ethereum’s scalability and high transaction costs have long been a concern for users of the blockchain network. To address these issues, Optimistic rollups, such as Arbitrum and Optimism, were introduced as potential solutions. However, these rollups were only temporary fixes, and the emergence of zkEVMs may soon render them obsolete. Apart from StarkNet, other platforms that provide zk rollups that are compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) include Polygon zkEVM, zkSync zkEVM, Scroll zkEVM, and AppliedZKP zkEVM. While Polygon zkEVM is still in its development phase, it has seen increased usage since it was made available for testing via a public testnet on 11 October. Full Article: <a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" href="https://ambcrypto.com/chainlink-announces-new-partnership-as-fight-for-evm-compatibility-rages-on/" target="_blank">https://ambcrypto.com/chainlink-announces-new-partnership-as-fight-for-evm-compatibility-rages-on/</a>