zkSync Era denies 921 ETH 'stuck forever' in smart contract

Matter Labs, the squad down Ethereum furniture 2 scaling solution zkSync, has denied that 921 Ether (ETH)  worthy $1.7 cardinal volition beryllium "stuck forever" successful 1 of its caller projects.

The connection comes arsenic 1 zkSync task is presently experiencing issues successful transferring the funds that it accumulated during its token sale.

In a effect tweet, Matter Labs confirmed that they're moving to lick the occupation and volition soon people a "detailed update."

Not stuck forever. We are moving with the squad to assistance them lick the occupation and volition people a elaborate update successful a bit. Tune in.

— zkSync ∎ (@zksync) April 6, 2023

The contented appears to person been caused by its caller zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine solution, "zkSync Era," not being afloat Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible.

While the zero-knowledge rollup solution is “EVM-equivalent,” the 2 systems compile astute declaration codification ever truthful somewhat otherwise from 1 another, which, successful immoderate cases whitethorn effect successful errors successful the compiling process.

Several members of the “CryptoCurrency” subreddit expressed their vexation connected the matter:

“Another illustration of wherefore a concatenation shouldnt beryllium rushing its mainnet launch. Always retrieve this guys, EVM compatible =/= EVM equivalent.”

"I'm each successful for seeing Zero Knowledge tech becoming much and much applicable successful the crypto space. However, these chains besides person to instrumentality into information the information that people's funds are astatine stake,” said another.

Related: zkSync Era launches with Uniswap and Sushi — First zkEVM connected mainnet

The task is believed to beryllium GemstoneIDO (GEMS). On the zkSync explorer page, the past 4 transactions requests person "failed," portion precisely 921 Ether is stored successful its astute contract.

GemstoneIDO is believed to beryllium the task impacted connected zkSync. However, Matter Labs has not confirmed this. Source: zkSync Explorer

Matter Labs launched zkSync Era connected mainnet past week, promising that decentralized exchanges Uniswap and SushiSwap would beryllium unrecorded successful a substance of days. That hasn't happened yet, nevertheless projects including Argent, Celer Network and MetaMask are unrecorded on the web now.

Cointelegraph reached retired to Matter Labs, who reiterated funds weren't stuck everlastingly and promised an update shortly.

This is simply a processing story, and further accusation volition beryllium added arsenic it becomes available.

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