Kakarot attempts at providing the same value as a standard EVM (e.g. Arbitrum or Polygon): being able to write Solidity smart contracts, deploy them and interact with them - with low gas fees. 

Furthermore, it compares especially to zkSync2.0 or Polygon zkEVM, as it possesses zero-knowledge properties. As Kakarot is written in Cairo, a provable general-purpose programming language that leverages STARKs. 

Currently, Kakarot is deployed as a smart contract on Starknet. The zkEVM's execution context is siloed and embedded in Starknet.  As Starknet is a validity rollup, Kakarot inherits its zero-knowledge properties. 

# Is Kakarot equivalent to Arbitrum?

How does Kakarot compare to a more standard L2 such as Arbitrum / Optimism or zkSync 2.0 and Polygon zkEVM?

Is Kakarot equivalent to Arbitrum?

In the short/medium term, Kakarot will exist as a smart contract embedded in Starknet, Starkware's L2 validity rollup. It will provide users with a zkEVM encapsulated inside a smart contract.

In the long term, we envision Kakarot to be Starknet's first L3.

# Will Kakarot be an L3 on top of the Starknet validity rollup?

Will Kakarot be an L3 on top of the Starknet validity rollup?

Kakarot is an open-source, community-driven project.

Starkware is not leading the project. They do not own it. Nonetheless, Starkware has expressed a lot of enthusiasm and interest in Kakarot, the zkEVM written Cairo. 

Kakarot is an important project for the ecosystem and the community.

Is Kakarot a Starkware project? 

Kakarot zkEVM is a smart contract, deployed on Starknet, the Ethereum L2. It provides a zkEVM encapsulated inside a smart contract.

# Is Kakarot zkEVM a smart contract or a blockchain?

Is Kakarot zkEVM a smart contract or a blockchain?

Kakarot's still in the very early stages!

As of today, Kakarot has 85% EVM opcode equivalence, 80% test coverage and ERC20 / ERC721 working. 

While it's better to underpromise and overdeliver than the contrary, we expect to have a mainnet alpha rolling in Q2/Q3 2023.

# wen mainnet launch?

When will Kakarot be available to the public?

When will Kakarot zkEVM launch on mainnet?

## What is Kakarot, the zkEVM written in Cairo?


What is Kakarot, the zkEVM written in Cairo?

# Is Kakarot zkEVM a blockchain?

Does Kakarot have its own consensus, finality, commitment to L1, blocks, etc.?

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