[TPP-9] ZKsync Prividium Prize

Summary

This proposal pilots a prize program to accelerate the launch of ZKsync Prividium Chains — interoperable and privacy-preserving institutional blockchains — by rewarding the first 10 production deployments with 10M ZK each. Tokens will be disbursed via rate-limited capped minters to ensure long-term alignment.

Motivation

ZKsync Prividium Chains represent a major step in the protocol’s institutional adoption roadmap, combining full privacy, regulatory compliance, and Ethereum finality in a custom chain stack.

By supporting early deployments with milestone-based token rewards, ZKsync creates incentives aligned with long-term success, without compromising neutrality or governance standards. This proposal:

• Bootstraps institutional adoption of ZKsync’s privacy and compliance infrastructure.
• Incentivize production launches, not test deployments or farming schemes.
• Uses conservative token mechanics, with rate-limited minting and oversight by ZKsync Foundation and the Token Assembly.

The program is also a sandbox for larger prize mechanisms, like Conditional Funding Markets or milestone-driven rewards tied to specific protocol KPIs.

Strategic Fit: Why Prividium, Why Now?

The ZKsync roadmap brings to life an interoperable, privacy-preserving, multi-chain future, with Gateway and Prividium at the center.

As the recent whitepaper from Memento states, Prividium enables:

• Private RPCs and block explorers enforce internal visibility rule.
• Ethereum finality with enterprise privacy.
• Role-based access control integrates with enterprise identity systems (e.g., Azure, AD)
• Customizable smart contracts support embedded KYC/AML enforcement.
• The architecture keeps transaction data off-chain while securing it with a ZK proof.
• Built-in sequencer and prover deliver high throughput, low latency, and institutional control.

This proposal catalyzes ZKsync’s network effects by jumpstarting the launch of privacy-enabled chains—and giving ZKsync a testbed for future funding primitives like market-based capital allocation or performance-indexed grants.

Program Design

If this proposal passes, it will active (i.e. grant minter role) to the ZKPrize_Prividium2025_Main capped minter from the ZK token contract. Minting permissions for the rate limiters and child capped minters linked to ZKPrize_Prividium2025_Main have already been assigned by the admin multisig.

Eligibility Criteria

The ZKsync Foundation will review and select ZKsync Chains for a 10M ZK prize based on the following eligibility criteria:

1. Complete KYB via ZKGPS for legal and compliance checks.
2. Be live on mainnet by December 31st 2026, with production usage, not test deployments.
3. Meet at least one of the following traction thresholds for consideration:
   1. A verified valuation ≥ $100M based on an external investment round or other public valuation
   2. A publicly tracked market cap ≥ $50M sustained for ≥ 3 months post-token launch.
   3. ≥ 500,000 verified and KYC active monthly wallets, sustained for ≥ 3 months
   4. $100M in Total Value Secured (TVS) for tokenized RWAs and/or Stablecoins within 6 months of mainnet.
   5. Verified payments flow of >$1B per month for three consecutive months

The ZKsync Foundation will work with an analytics partner if necessary to validate prize claims, and reserves the right to adjust the criteria if necessary, for example in the case of observed manipulation or malicious intent.

Mechanic & Capped Minter Structure

The prize program is administered via one main capped minter (ZKPrize_Prividium2025_Main, cap: 100M ZK), managed by the ZKsync Foundation. There are 10 child minters (one per winner) each linked to 10 corresponding rate limiter contracts.

Each prize recipient receives a dedicated child capped minter with:

• Cap: 10M ZK
• Rate Limit: 1M ZK/month
• Expiry: December 31, 2027

Minting rights for child minters issued by the ZKsync Foundation as winners are confirmed. Minting is discretionary, but subject to the rate cap and oversight. The Security Council holds the PAUSER role on ZKPrize_Prividium2025_Main.

Should this program prove successful, the ZKsync Foundation will look to incorporate changes to increase automation and broaden the program to other launch opportunities such as AppChains.

Capped Minter Overview

Capped Minter & Minter Mod Parameters

Participants and Responsibilities

The ZKsync Foundation will govern participation, prize approval, and oversee program execution support:

• Allocating minting rights on ZKPrize_Prividium2025_Winner1-10 child capped minters to prize winners.
• Engaging operational support as needed:
  • Operational Lead: Responsible for coordinating chain onboarding, claim verification, capped minter prize assignments, and reporting.
    • Vassilis Tziokas, Partner Success Lead, Matter Labs
  • Marketing Support: The ZKsync Foundation will coordinate efforts with current service providers to support the proposal. This initial prize will not require a token allocation to compensate these services.
  • Analytics Support: The ZKsync Foundation will coordinate efforts with an analytics service providers to support the proposal. This initial prize will not require a token allocation to compensate these services.

Accountability

• Transparency: All prize claims and verification reports will be posted to the ZKsync Governance Forum.
• Revocability: The Token Assembly can revoke the minter role from the main (parent) capped minter via governance at any time.
• Compliance: All prize recipients are required to complete KYB via ZKGPS for legal and compliance checks.
• Expiry: All minters expire by Dec 31, 2027. Unclaimed tokens remain unminted.
• Security Escalation: ZKsync Security Council has the PAUSER role on the main (parent) capped minter. Minting may be paused by Security Council at any time in response to threat assessments.