EY: EY Upgrades Nightfall, a Zero-Knowledge Roll-Up Enabling Private Transactions on Ethereum Blockchain

The EY organization announces it has updated the public domain source code for Nightfall1, a layer-2 roll-up that enables private transactions on the public Ethereum blockchain and the "development of privacy-focused enterprise blockchain solutions." This updated version of Nightfall replaces the optimistic roll-up with a zero-knowledge version - enabling "the near-instant finality of transactions on the blockchain without the need for a challenge period." Using Nightfall, enterprises can orchestrate private transactions efficiently on the Ethereum