Ethereum infrastructure development firm ConsenSys will launch a public testnet for its zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM) on March 28. Its private testnet has processed over 350,000 transactions. ConsenSys has not confirmed when their zkEVM will exit the testnet stage, but Nicolas Liochon, ConsenSys R&D director and head of the ZK business group, said it should be completed by the end of 2023. As previously reported in January, ConsenSys’ zkEVM testnet has opened a private beta version to 100 selected users. But now it's open for anyone to join.

Later this month, Polygon will also launch its zkEVM mainnet beta. Scroll and Matter Labs have also announced that they will be launching ZK rollups, but no dates have been set yet.