Overview
- ZKsync announced an orderly 2026 deprecation of zkSync Lite, a 2020 proof-of-concept that processed over a billion transactions but now handles fewer than 200 daily operations.
- Around $49–50 million remains on Lite’s canonical bridge, and assets can be withdrawn to Ethereum at any time during the wind-down.
- A detailed shutdown schedule and migration guide will be published next year to help users and developers move to zkSync Era or other ZK Stack chains.
- The retirement is limited to the first‑generation Lite rollup and does not affect zkSync Era or networks built with the ZK Stack.
- Recent upgrades across the ecosystem include the Dec. 5 Atlas activation for native cross‑chain messaging and an October update that improved proof performance and privacy.