How to swap and bridge to Polygon zkEVM (2024)

FAQs

How to bridge from zkEVM to Polygon? ›

How to Swap & Bridge to Polygon zkEVM. To link your wallet, simply click the 'Connect wallet' button located in the top right-hand corner of your screen. Select tokens you want to exchange in the 'Transfer from' field. In the 'Transfer to' field, select the token that you would like to get on Polygon zkEVM.

Select the asset and amount you want to bridge. After entering the desired details, click the “Bridge Polygon POS to ETH” button. Review the transaction details and projected gas fees. If everything is fine with you, click “Continue.” Then, proceed to sign and approve the transfer to your wallet.

Manually add network

If you want to switch to the Polygon Mainnet manually, follow these instructions instead: In the settings menu, after clicking "Add network", click "Add a network manually". To finish, click "Save" to add the Polygon network to your MetaMask wallet.

Polygon PoS highly depends on its validators to secure the sidechain, and it operates independently from the Ethereum mainnet. On the other hand, Polygon zkEVM is secured by Ethereum as validity proofs are published on-chain, ensuring that all off-chain computations are correct and secure.

For example if a user is bridging from Ethereum to Polygon, the first transaction on Ethereum typically takes 10-20min. The transaction on Polygon happens much faster afterwards, typically within a few minutes.

Uniswap DAO acknowledges Zero Protocol on Polygon zkEVM as “friendly fork” of Uniswap v3 and as such is considered an auxiliary member of the Uniswap Ecosystem.

Polygon zkEVM is a Layer 2 network of the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), a zero-knowledge (ZK) rollup scaling solution. Polygon zkEVM overview. Take a global view of the Polygon zkEVM network. Connect wallet. Connect your wallet to zkEVM mainnet or testnet.

How to get ETH on Polygon zkEVM? ›

To acquire zkEVM tokens, you'll need to bridge your Ethereum (ETH) tokens from the Ethereum network to the zkEVM Polygon network. Please note that there is no zkEVM faucet available for native tokens.

The Polygon network has two bridges — the Plasma Bridge and the proof-of-stake (PoS) Bridge — to validate transactions. The cheapest way to bridge Ether (ETH) to Polygon is via the PoS Bridge.

For many users, the swap will take place automatically, without any action on their part. The migration comes as a part of Polygon's planned revamp laid out last year in its “2.0” roadmap, to make POL the native token of its main chain – known as the Polygon PoS chain – and eventually other chains in the ecosystem.

Navigate to the Send menu and select the asset to send. Use the From and To menus to select the source and destination networks. For example: To bridge ETH from your Binance Smart Chain (BNB) account to your Polygon (MATIC) account, select (Send) ETH, (From) BNB, (To) Polygon.

Seamlessly bridge Polygon from mainnet to Optimism within Obvious app with three-simple steps. Click on swap, select source & destinations chain and confirm. Voila!