ZKsync Bolsters EraVM Security Before Scheduled Retirement

ZKsync has announced security enhancements for chains running its EraVM execution environment ahead of its six-month retirement, according to a recent blog post.

The company said that funds held in ordinary externally owned accounts require no action, while assets in smart contracts will need steps and dates that will be published in the coming weeks.

ZKsync recommends that public EraVM chains raise their execution delay from three hours to 24 hours, giving teams more time to detect and respond to an exploit before finalization, with an on-chain proposal expected in the coming days.

Matter Labs is also working with every active EraVM chain to run an independent second node that confirms each executed batch, so an attacker would need to compromise two separately hosted infrastructures at once.