Zilliqa will achieve EVM compatibility on mainnet on April 25th, Zilliqa 2.0 has begun development

Layer1 blockchain Zilliqa issued a document stating that it will achieve EVM compatibility on the mainnet on April 25 and lay the foundation for Zilliqa 2.0. EVM compatibility will allow users to transfer ZIL tokens locally using EVM DApps and wallets. After implementing the first full version of EVM compatibility, it will be expanded in subsequent mainnet upgrades to include full interoperability between Scilla and Solidity standards for fungible tokens, NFTs, and more. Zilliqa 2.0 is being developed with EVM compatibility features and will retain all the features of the current version of the Zilliqa network, including full EVM compatibility, while bringing significant improvements to network performance and usability. Zilliqa 2.0 will provide faster finality and better scalability through a new and improved sharding system. Currently, work on Zilliqa 2.0 has begun and the network upgrade is still in the early stages of development. New features of Zilliqa 2.0 include using Fast-HotStuff's production blockchain and building a programmer model for Zilliqa 2.0. Everything about Zilliqa 2.0 is a smart contract invoked by the underlying blockchain, and on top of that a new, programmable decentralized sharding system is implemented, after which network upgrades will begin rolling out to the development network for iteration and testing . Zilliqa 2.0 will have an encryption key per shard and will consider using zero-knowledge techniques to allow partial sharing between shards and the mainnet or between shards. In addition, other Zilliqa 2.0 features include traders that allow validators and miners to undertake value-added work, such as checking contracts, parallel transaction execution, on-chain accounts, payers, proxy gas, and more.