Matter Labs Denies Polygon’s Allegations Of Open-Source Code Plagiarism

• Matter Labs has denied allegations of supply code plagiarism made by Polygon. 
• Polygon beforehand accused Matter Labs of copying a part of its open-source code with out giving due credit score.
• In response, Matter Labs claimed it had sufficiently attributed the copied code to Polygon.

Matter Labs, the crypto agency behind zkSync, has responded to the latest plagiarism allegations made by fellow Ethereum layer-2 scaling answer Polygon. Earlier in the present day, Polygon accused Matter Labs’ builders of copying elements of its open-source code with out giving due credit score for the plagiarized code. Matter Labs has denied the allegations and argued that it had sufficiently attributed the copied half to Polygon. 

Matter Labs: Polygon Is Making “Unfaithful Claims”

Earlier in the present day, Polygon printed a blog post titled “Defend the Open Supply Ethos”, which accused Matter Labs of copying a “important quantity” of supply code from the Plonky2 library to its lately unveiled proving system known as Boojum. In response to Polygon, the code was copied with copyrights or attribution to its unique authors. 

Polygon additionally known as out Matter Labs’ founder Alex Gluchowski for claiming that Boojum is extra environment friendly than Plony2. Polygon questioned the authenticity of Gluchowski’s declare, on condition that Boojum’s code regarding efficiency was immediately copied from Plonky2. Polygon additional cited Boojum’s introductory submit, which did not point out the layer-2 scaling answer or its builders. 

In response to Polygon’s allegations, Matter Labs clarified that its Boojum proof system derived 5% of its code from Plonky2, which was “prominently attributed” within the first line of its library. In an announcement to CoinDesk, a Matter Labs spokesperson mentioned that Polygon’s weblog submit made unfaithful claims about Boojum’s code. 

CEO Alex Gluchowski adopted up with an in depth tweet the place he expressed his disappointment with Polygon’s allegations. Gluchowski reiterated that solely 5% of the Boojum code was based mostly on the Plonky2 code. He added that Boojum and Plonky2 have been each implementations of the Redshift, which he claimed was launched by Matter Labs 3 years earlier than Polygon printed the Plonky2 paper. 

If the Polygon Zero workforce wished further credit score, the best method would have been to submit a pull request which we’d have fortunately accepted. Going forward with public accusations of an entire lack of attribution is something however the spirit of the Open Supply motion.”

Alex Gluchowski, Co-founder and CEO of Matter Labs

The stress between Polygon and Matter Labs comes as each companies rush to ship the primary zero-knowledge Ethereum Digital Machine (zkEVM) to supply cheaper and extra environment friendly transactions on the Ethereum community. Earlier this yr, Polygon’s Mihailo Bjelic and Matter Labs’ Alex Gluchowski have been concerned in a heated change over the latter’s zkSync Period, significantly its safety audits.