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Polygon Begins Foray Into ZK With $250M Hermez Network Merger

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Polygon has announced a merger with Hermez Network, a prominent zero-knowledge (ZK) cryptography-based scaling project.

According to a Polygon blog post, the two companies will become Polygon Hermez in “the first full-blown merger of two blockchain networks.”

The company also described the move as their “first big foray into the exciting world of ZK.”

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