$SCR has a real network-level development today: Scroll is upgrading its zero-knowledge proving infrastructure to OpenVM v2.0.
The important part is that this is not an EVM upgrade or a change to transaction fees.
The upgrade replaces Scroll’s underlying proof system with SWIRL and deploys a new on-chain verifier contract capable of verifying proofs generated by the new prover architecture.
It also incorporates several security fixes from OpenVM v1.7, including fixes involving memory roots, proof verification and non-canonical commitments.
For normal users and applications, very little changes.
Transactions, deposits and Layer 2 execution continue normally. Scroll expects only a temporary delay of roughly one hour in batch finalization to Ethereum while the proving system transitions.
This distinction is important.
User-facing protocol change: no.
Major change to the cryptographic infrastructure proving Scroll transactions: yes.
For $SCR , technical upgrades should still be separated from token economics. The useful metrics after the upgrade are network activity, transaction volume, fees, application usage and whether improved proving infrastructure translates into greater adoption.
The important part is that this is not an EVM upgrade or a change to transaction fees.
The upgrade replaces Scroll’s underlying proof system with SWIRL and deploys a new on-chain verifier contract capable of verifying proofs generated by the new prover architecture.
It also incorporates several security fixes from OpenVM v1.7, including fixes involving memory roots, proof verification and non-canonical commitments.
For normal users and applications, very little changes.
Transactions, deposits and Layer 2 execution continue normally. Scroll expects only a temporary delay of roughly one hour in batch finalization to Ethereum while the proving system transitions.
This distinction is important.
User-facing protocol change: no.
Major change to the cryptographic infrastructure proving Scroll transactions: yes.
For $SCR , technical upgrades should still be separated from token economics. The useful metrics after the upgrade are network activity, transaction volume, fees, application usage and whether improved proving infrastructure translates into greater adoption.