Near Protocol's Move to Ethereum

Near Protocol is migrating to become a Validium layer two on Ethereum in collaboration with Polygon. This means that Near will use Ethereum as its settlement layer, allowing all assets and liquidity to plug into the Ethereum economy. The collaboration with Polygon involves the development of a new CDK and a ZK WASM prover, which enables any WASM chain to prove on Ethereum and have layer two security. This move has significant implications for the interoperability and accessibility of the Polygon ecosystem.