协议：Layer-2 Teams 戏剧中的另一集

我们来看看 Matter Labs 计划将“ZK”一词注册为商标后发生了什么。

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 团队再次发生冲突。这一次，该领域的主要人物谴责 zkSync 的创建者 Matter Labs 决定将缩写词“ZK”注册为商标，ZK 是“零知识”密码学的缩写，是 zkSync 的核心技术和大量其他技术的基础。区块链项目。

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.

这场冲突始于上周，当时 Matter Labs 透露了其计划将“ZK”一词注册为商标。此举很快引起了其他 L2 团队的愤怒，他们认为为公共产品注册商标不符合以太坊生态系统的利益。

"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 首席执行官 Eli Ben-Sasson 在一份声明中告诉 CoinDesk：“ZK 社区的范围远远超出了任何一家公司，一家公司试图为 ZK 注册商标是一种荒谬的知识产权争夺行为。”

"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 首席法务官 Rebecca Rettig 在 X 上写道：“为整个行业使用的技术申请商标是对 Web3 开源精神的攻击。商标是为了保护公司的品牌，而不是整个加密社区。” ”

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.

这并不是 Matter Labs 第一次发现自己与竞争对手陷入困境。 8 月，Polygon 团队发起了一场媒体闪电战，声称 Matter Labs 在没有正确归属的情况下复制了其 Plonky-2 软件系统。 Starkware 等其他团队的领导者当时也发表了意见，表达了他们对 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 否认了抄袭的说法，但表示他的团队“可以做得更好”，为其他团队的开源代码提供更清晰的归属。）

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 联合创始人 Sandeep Nailwal 在评论之前的争议时似乎提到了这场灾难，他在上周的一份声明中表示，“zkSync 的行为一再违背 Web3 的精神，尽管始终宣扬同样的价值观。我们相信，如果我们不要公开解决这种行为，它会持续存在并可能变得更糟。”

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 最初驳回了这些投诉，表示他申请商标的目的是为了保护用户，并补充说 Matter Labs 最终将与尚不存在的生态系统利益相关者联盟共享该商标。

"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 在周一的一份声明中告诉 CoinDesk：“我们申请 ZK 商标是为了以太坊社区的利益，并打算与即将到来的集体分享。” “该商标旨在保护用户和社区免受模仿项目和类似代币股票的侵害。我们正在收集有关最佳处理方式的反馈。”

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

然而三天后，Matter Labs 选择完全放弃其商标努力。

"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."

“在收集社区反馈和进一步内部讨论后，我们决定完全撤回我们的 ZK 商标申请，”格鲁乔夫斯基在周四的一份声明中写道。 “我们感谢所有就此事分享想法的人。”