- Matter Labs has denied allegations of supply code plagiarism made by Polygon.
- Polygon beforehand accused Matter Labs of copying a part of its open-source code with out giving due credit score.
- In response, Matter Labs claimed it had sufficiently attributed the copied code to Polygon.
Matter Labs, the crypto agency behind zkSync, has responded to the current plagiarism allegations made by fellow Ethereum layer-2 scaling resolution Polygon. Earlier right this moment, Polygon accused Matter Labs’ builders of copying components of its open-source code with out giving due credit score for the plagiarized code. Matter Labs has denied the allegations and argued that it had sufficiently attributed the copied half to Polygon.
Matter Labs: Polygon Is Making “Unfaithful Claims”
Earlier right this moment, Polygon revealed a blog post titled “Shield the Open Supply Ethos”, which accused Matter Labs of copying a “important quantity” of supply code from the Plonky2 library to its not too long ago unveiled proving system referred to as Boojum. Based on Polygon, the code was copied with copyrights or attribution to its authentic authors.
Polygon additionally referred to as out Matter Labs’ founder Alex Gluchowski for claiming that Boojum is extra environment friendly than Plony2. Polygon questioned the authenticity of Gluchowski’s declare, provided that Boojum’s code regarding efficiency was immediately copied from Plonky2. Polygon additional cited Boojum’s introductory publish, which didn’t point out the layer-2 scaling resolution or its builders.
In response to Polygon’s allegations, Matter Labs clarified that its Boojum proof system derived 5% of its code from Plonky2, which was “prominently attributed” within the first line of its library. In an announcement to CoinDesk, a Matter Labs spokesperson mentioned that Polygon’s weblog publish made unfaithful claims about Boojum’s code.
CEO Alex Gluchowski adopted up with an in depth tweet the place he expressed his disappointment with Polygon’s allegations. Gluchowski reiterated that solely 5% of the Boojum code was primarily based on the Plonky2 code. He added that Boojum and Plonky2 have been each implementations of the Redshift, which he claimed was launched by Matter Labs 3 years earlier than Polygon revealed the Plonky2 paper.
If the Polygon Zero group wished extra credit score, the best method would have been to submit a pull request which we’d have fortunately accepted. Going forward with public accusations of an entire lack of attribution is something however the spirit of the Open Supply motion.”
Alex Gluchowski, Co-founder and CEO of Matter Labs
The stress between Polygon and Matter Labs comes as each corporations rush to ship the primary zero-knowledge Ethereum Digital Machine (zkEVM) to supply cheaper and extra environment friendly transactions on the Ethereum community. Earlier this 12 months, Polygon’s Mihailo Bjelic and Matter Labs’ Alex Gluchowski have been concerned in a heated trade over the latter’s zkSync Period, significantly its safety audits.
