Matter Labs CEO denies code plagiarism claims
There was a dispute on social media between the CEO of Matter Labs and the Polygon Zero team. The argument centered on accusations of code stealing and false advertising related to their proving system, Boojum. The event has prompted discussion on the importance of adhering to open-source rules and how such actions can affect the industry. Crypto runs on the open source ethos. When projects don’t follow it, the ecosystem suffers. We were disappointed to see that @zksync copied our code without attribution and made misleading claim s about the original work, so we wrote this post. https://t.co/8VnoYVWgI8 — Polygon Zero (@0xPolygonZero) August 3, 2023 The Polygon Zero team, known for their fast zero-knowledge proof systems, Plonky2 and Starky, raised concerns over the release of Boojum by Matter Labs. You might also like: Polygon (MATIC) Briefly Surpasses Shiba Inu (SHIB) to Become the 13th Largest Crypto By Market Cap Polygon said that Boojum included subst...