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Build & Scale Ethereum With Scroll and Tenderly Integration

Tenderly has integrated Scroll, the native Ethereum zero-knowledge L2 rollup. Scroll extends Ethereum’s capabilities through ZK tech and EVM compatibility at the bytecode level, enabling fast transactions at low cost — now with Tenderly’s leading infra and dev tooling support.

Build & Scale Ethereum With Scroll and Tenderly Integration

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Scroll is a general-purpose Ethereum-native zkEVM Layer 2 rollup designed for bytecode-level compatibility, enabling fast and cost-effective transactions. As an EVM-equivalent Layer 2 scaling solution, Scroll prioritizes security and an open-source approach while leveraging cutting-edge zero-knowledge (ZK) technology.

Founded in 2021 with the mission to scale Ethereum, Scroll emerged from a collaboration between Ethereum contributors committed to advancing zero-knowledge proofs. Its journey began with extensive research and development of the zkEVM scaling solution, conducted in partnership with the Ethereum Foundation’s ZK team. Today, Scroll is recognized as one of the pioneers in zkEVM technology.

Scroll quickly became one of the most anticipated L2s after undergoing extensive testing and several independent audits before launching at the end of 2023. Over the last year, Scroll has focused on community building and attracting builders to the network. Over 100 projects are now deployed on Scroll, ranging from some of the most well-known DeFi protocols and dapps to up-and-coming Web3 gaming projects​​.

Developers can now bring Scroll’s vision of an open economy to life with support from Tenderly’s full-stack infrastructure, which provides the only development and production infrastructure with built-in tools. This integration empowers the Scroll ecosystem builders to create impactful dApps on the most secure and trusted Layer 2 scaling network.

Scroll's open economy vision

Scroll plays an integral role in Ethereum’s scalability strategy. It utilizes rollup technology to offload computation to Layer 2 while maintaining Ethereum as the settlement layer. Like other ZK rollups, Scroll generates cryptographic validity proofs for each transaction, ensuring a higher level of security and immediate finality. This approach ensures Scroll contributes to Ethereum’s decentralized security while allowing developers to build highly secure, scalable, and user-friendly applications.

Beyond Ethereum, Scroll is pivotal in the multichain ecosystem. Scroll enables developers and users to operate across multiple chains, enhancing cross-chain functionality and ensuring Ethereum’s assets and dApps remain central to the decentralized economy.

Scroll’s vision is to build the open economy: a vibrant, decentralized ecosystem where founders can develop impactful applications that provide value to millions of users. Scroll strives to create a space where innovation thrives, collaboration flourishes, and meaningful solutions are created for both global and local communities.

To bring this vision to life, Scroll relies on developers and builders who can bring bold ideas to life and make a real impact. The recent launch of Scroll Open, a global hub for creation, growth, and collaboration, exemplifies this commitment. Through a 6-week online competition and hackathon, Scroll Open offers lectures, mentorship, and hands-on projects that go beyond technical workshops to teach builders how to create and launch products.

Why build on Scroll?

Scroll provides a compelling platform for developers due to its combination of scalability, cost-effectiveness, and developer-first design. Additionally, Scroll’s ecosystem offers extensive documentation, grant opportunities, and a collaborative community, making it an attractive destination for innovative builders. 

  • Scroll is fully EVM compatible, allowing seamless and easy migration of existing Ethereum dapps to the Scroll, making the network developer-friendly and accelerating innovation, all the while benefiting from the low cost and speed of ZK rollups.
  • The network’s ability to deliver low-cost transactions makes it ideal for dapps requiring frequent or micro-transactions, such as those in DeFi or gaming. 
  • Due to Scroll’s devotion to security and privacy, the network relies on a custom network hardware architecture of accelerators such as GPUs and ASICs to ensure the validity of ZK proofs, alleviating the additional computational work.
  • Scroll continues to push boundaries by introducing the OpenVM framework, a pivotal innovation aimed at empowering developers and expanding possibilities for decentralized applications. By adopting zkVMs, Scroll has significantly accelerated development velocity, enabling the rapid deployment of new features without requiring changes to underlying circuits.

Recent advancements in proof systems and zkVM design have also made zkVM provers efficient and cost-effective enough to meet production needs. Scroll is actively enhancing SDK and Rust package support for OpenVM to make application development even more accessible for developers.

Empowering builders with Tenderly’s full-stack support

With the much anticipated Tenderly integration, Scroll ecosystem developers and magicians can now accelerate their development cycles using the only full-stack Web3 infrastructure with built-in tools for development and production. Tenderly is available on both Scroll Mainnet and Sepolia Testnet for you to build, explore, and scale your dapp.

Tenderly’s full-stack infrastructure offers a range of capabilities designed to streamline the development process and elevate application performance. These include production-based development environments, scalable node infrastructure, and essential and advanced developer tools. 

By providing you with all the necessary tools and enabling you to focus solely on building your product, Tenderly removes the burden of creating your own development and testing infrastructure from scratch. 

Here is how you can get started with using Tenderly on Scroll:

  1. Streamline development workflows with Tenderly Virtual TestNets: Develop and test with Virtual TestNets, customizable, zero-setup environments synced with Scroll’s latest on-chain state. With Virtual TestNets, you can create a dedicated Scroll replica and seamlessly integrate it into your workflows, enabling app development under realistic conditions. These environments also include an unlimited faucet, public and private explorers, and advanced debugging tools to simplify your workflow.
  2. Optimize scalability and performance with Tenderly Node RPC: Tenderly’s high-performance Node RPC ensures your dapp’s scalability and reliability as usage grows. With multiregional traffic routing, soft rate limits, and custom SLAs, Node RPC provides uninterrupted connectivity, zero latency, and exceptional reliability. You can also deploy custom logic directly within Tenderly Node RPC to build custom endpoints, optimizing your dapp’s performance and ensuring smooth operations.
  3. Debug and explore Scroll’s on-chain data with ease: Access Scroll’s on-chain data and enhance collaboration with Tenderly’s industry-standard debugging tools, including Debugger, Transaction Simulator, and Gas Profiler. Gain granular insights into transaction execution, pinpoint bugs, and troubleshoot them down to the specific line of code. Resimulate transactions with updated parameters to validate fixes, optimize gas usage, and ensure flawless execution.
  4. Enhance user experience with protective simulations: Integrate transaction simulations into your dapp to empower users to preview outcomes before signing. Enable your dapp to run in simulation mode, letting users safely explore its functionalities without risk. Offer precise gas estimates to prevent out-of-gas failures and help users avoid unnecessary costs. With simulation infrastructure, your dapp becomes more intuitive, transparent, and user-friendly.
  5. Monitor and respond to critical events in real time: Set up real-time alerts and Web3 Actions to track key on-chain events on Scroll, such as token transfers, balance changes, and transaction statuses. Use Web3 Actions to execute custom code as soon as specified on-chain conditions are met, automating responses to critical events or running preemptive checks to avoid potential failures. Stay in control and ensure your dapp runs smoothly on Scroll.

By combining Scroll’s zkEVM technology with Tenderly’s comprehensive development and production infrastructure, you’re equipped to build, optimize, and scale impactful dapps on one of the most secure and trusted Layer 2 scaling networks available.

Raza, Head of Growth at Scroll, emphasizes the significance of this partnership:

At Scroll, our mission is to build the Open Economy and support the adoption of decentralized technologies by creating seamless, scalable solutions for developers and users. Collaborating with Tenderly allows us to contribute to this mission by providing developers with the tools they need to build, innovate, and scale their Web3 applications. This opens up a world of possibilities for builders wanting to create impactful decentralized applications.

Inscribing the scrolls of innovation and scalability

As the Scroll ecosystem continues to grow, the integration with Tenderly offers developers a unique opportunity to push the boundaries of what’s possible with zkEVM technology. Whether building decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms, gaming applications, or solutions for local communities, this integration equips Scroll magicians and builders with the tools and infrastructure to succeed and achieve the vision of an open economy.

Together, Scroll and Tenderly are shaping the future of Ethereum scalability and empowering a new wave of builders to create solutions that make a lasting impact. Fork Scroll to get started!