協議：Layer-2 Teams 戲劇中的另一集

讓我們來看看 Matter Labs 計劃將“ZK”一詞註冊為商標後發生了什麼。

Ethereum's layer-2 teams are clashing once again. This time, major figures in the space are condemning Matter Labs, the creator of zkSync, over its decision to trademark the acronym "ZK," which is shorthand for "zero-knowledge” cryptography, the core technology underlying zkSync and a plethora of other blockchain projects.

以太坊的 Layer-2 團隊再次發生衝突。這次，該領域的主要人物譴責 zkSync 的創建者 Matter Labs 決定將縮寫詞「ZK」註冊為商標，ZK 是「零知識」密碼學的縮寫，是 zkSync 的核心技術和大量其他技術的基礎。塊鏈項目。

The clash began last week when Matter Labs revealed its plans to trademark the term "ZK." The move quickly drew the ire of other L2 teams, who argued that trademarking public goods does not serve the interests of the Ethereum ecosystem.

這場衝突始於上週，當時 Matter Labs 透露了其計劃將「ZK」一詞註冊為商標。此舉很快就引起了其他 L2 團隊的憤怒，他們認為為公共產品註冊商標不符合以太坊生態系統的利益。

"The ZK community spans far beyond any single company, and an attempt by one company to trademark ZK is an absurd IP-grab," StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson told CoinDesk in a statement.

StarkWare 執行長 Eli Ben-Sasson 在一份聲明中告訴 CoinDesk：“ZK 社區的範圍遠遠超出了任何一家公司，一家公司試圖為 ZK 註冊商標是一種荒謬的知識產權爭奪行為。”

"An application to trademark a technology used by an entire industry is an attack on Web3's open-source ethos," Polygon Chief Legal Officer Rebecca Rettig wrote on X. "A trademark is to protect a company’s brand, not the crypto community at large."

Polygon 首席法務官 Rebecca Rettig 在 X 上寫道：“為整個行業使用的技術申請商標是對 Web3 開源精神的攻擊。商標是為了保護公司的品牌，而不是整個加密社區。” ”

This isn't the first time that Matter Labs has found itself in hot water with its competitors. In August, the Polygon team went on a media blitz with the claim that Matter Labs had copied its Plonky-2 software system without proper attribution. Leaders from other teams, like Starkware, also weighed in at the time, expressing their disappointment with Matter Labs.

這並不是 Matter Labs 第一次發現自己與競爭對手陷入困境。 8 月，Polygon 團隊發起了一場媒體閃電戰，聲稱 Matter Labs 在沒有正確歸屬的情況下複製了其 Plonky-2 軟體系統。 Starkware 等其他團隊的領導者當時也發表了意見，表達了他們對 Matter Labs 的失望。

(Gluchowski denied the claims of copying but said his team “could have done better” by providing clearer attribution to other teams' open-source code.)

（Gluchowski 否認了抄襲的說法，但表示他的團隊“可以做得更好”，為其他團隊的開源程式碼提供更清晰的歸屬。）

Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal seemed to reference the debacle when he weighed in on the earlier dispute, saying in a statement last week that "zkSync has repeatedly acted contrary to the Web3 ethos, despite consistently signaling those same values. We believe that if we do not publicly address this behavior, it will persist and potentially worsen."

Polygon 聯合創始人Sandeep Nailwal 在評論之前的爭議中似乎提到了這場災難，他在上週的一份聲明中表示，「zkSync 的行為一再違背Web3 的精神，儘管始終宣揚同樣的價值觀。我們相信，如果我們不要公開解決這種行為，它會持續存在並可能變得更糟。

Gluchowski initially dismissed the complaints, sharing that his intention with the trademark application was to protect users and adding that Matter Labs would eventually move to share the trademark with a yet-to-exist consortium of ecosystem stakeholders.

Gluchowski 最初駁回了這些投訴，表示他申請商標的目的是為了保護用戶，並補充說 Matter Labs 最終將與尚未存在的生態系統利益相關者聯盟共享該商標。

"We filed for the ZK trademark to the benefit of the Ethereum community with the intention of sharing it with an upcoming collective," Gluchowski told CoinDesk in a statement on Monday. "The trademark is intended to protect users and the community from copycat projects and similar token tickers. We're gathering feedback on the best way to proceed."

Gluchowski 在周一的一份聲明中告訴 CoinDesk：“我們申請 ZK 商標是為了以太坊社區的利益，並打算與即將到來的集體分享。” “該商標旨在保護用戶和社區免受模仿項目和類似代幣股票的侵害。我們正在收集有關最佳處理方式的反饋。”

Three days later, however, Matter Labs opted to walk back on its trademark efforts entirely.

然而三天后，Matter Labs 選擇完全放棄其商標努力。

"After gathering community feedback and further internal discussion, we've decided to fully withdraw our ZK trademark application," Gluchowski wrote in a statement on Thursday. "We appreciate everyone who shared their thoughts on this matter."

「在收集社區反饋和進一步內部討論後，我們決定完全撤回我們的 ZK 商標申請，」格魯喬夫斯基在周四的一份聲明中寫道。 “我們感謝所有就此事分享想法的人。”