Building the zkSync Elastic Network Dashboard – Community Feedback and Support

Aakash · March 3, 2025, 10:41am

Introduction

The zkSync Elastic Network is rapidly growing, with multiple ZK Chains going live and more in the pipeline. Yet, there is no unified platform that provides visibility into these chains, their activity, and their impact on the broader zkSync ecosystem.

The idea and pitch – a single data dashboard for all Elastic Network chains.

Based on community input, we will draft a formal treasury proposal requesting funding to build and maintain this dashboard. This will ensure zkSync has a dedicated analytics hub for the Elastic Network, helping track its growth and adoption.

This idea stemmed from a forum post conversation with Anthony Rose from Matter Labs, who highlighted the lack of data and visualization tools at the Elastic Network level. In response, the PYOR team has been working on defining the metrics, endpoints, and structure for a dashboard that can track and analyze all Elastic Chains, similar to L2Beat for Ethereum L2s or Superchain Index for OP Chains.

Why This Matters

A zkSync Elastic Network Dashboard would:

Provide real-time insights on all Elastic Chains
Showcase key network metrics to builders, investors, and the community
Help projects understand zkSync’s impact and transition into Elastic Chains
Improve governance, security, and adoption tracking within zkSync

Metrics & Insights

We have structured the dashboard around key Network, Chain-Level, Decentralization, and Performance Metrics, as shown below:

Category	Metric	Description
Network-Level Metrics	Total zkSync Elastic Network TVL	Sum of all value locked across ZK Stack chains.
	Total Daily Transactions	Total number of transactions across all zkSync-based chains.
	All-Time Collective Revenue	Fees generated across all zkSync chains.
	L2 Market Share	Elastic Network’s share compared to other L2s.
	Number of Active zkSync Chains	Total zkSync-based chains live on mainnet/testnet.
	Cross-ZK Chain Transactions	Number of transactions between different zkSync chains.
Chain-Level Metrics	TVL Per Chain	Amount of value locked in each zkSync-based chain.
	Transaction Volume Per Chain	Number of transactions happening on a specific chain.
	Active Addresses Per Chain	Number of unique addresses transacting on the chain.
	Base Token	The native gas token of each zkSync-based chain.
	VM Configuration	Which VM the chain is running (EraVM, EVM, WASM).
	DA Configuration	Whether the chain is a rollup on Ethereum or using EigenDA, Avail, Celestia, etc.
	Chain Adoption Velocity	Growth rate of new addresses and transaction activity.
	TVL Per Active User	How much value is locked per unique address.
Decentralization & Security Metrics	Validator Set Size	Number of validators/sequencers securing a decentralized zkSync chain.
	Risk Analysis	L2Beat-style breakdown of risks per chain.
Performance Metrics	Peak & Average TPS	Maximum and average transactions per second for each chain.
	Finality Time	Time taken for a transaction to be finalized.

Why PYOR?

PYOR specializes in crypto research and analytics. The team has over 10 years of experience building in the crypto space. We are backed by leading investors like Castle Island Ventures and Coinbase Ventures, and work with teams like Arbitrum, Cosmos, Ribbit Capital, Compound, etc.

We’ve previously built a dashboard for:

Our Ask – Community Feedback & Next Steps

We want to hear from the zkSync community: Is this dashboard useful? Would the community want such a dashboard and fund it?

If there’s anything missing or any metrics you think we should add, let us know.

Based on community input, we will draft a formal treasury proposal requesting funding to build and maintain this dashboard. This will ensure zkSync has a dedicated analytics hub for the Elastic Network, helping track its growth and adoption.

nanostrategy.eth · March 3, 2025, 11:33am

The question is different here. How much do you want to receive for this dashboard?

Aakash · March 4, 2025, 3:06am

Thanks for the question @nanostrategy.eth.

At a high level, we estimate the budget for building and maintaining the Elastic Network Dashboard to be in the range of $50,000 to $60,000, covering 12 months of maintenance from launch. The timeline from start to finish would be approximately 3 months.

The payment structure will be milestone-based, broken down into:

Chain Selection & Planning – Identifying the Elastic chains to be included, defining key metrics.
MVP Development – Building the first version with core metrics and a working dashboard.
Scaling Integration – Expanding data coverage, optimizing performance, and adding more chains.
Full Integration & Review – Finalizing all integrations, testing, and internal validation.
Launch Preparation & Go Live – Final refinements, community review, and official rollout.

That said, the goal of this post was to gather community feedback, to understand if this is a useful and fundable initiative before fine-tuning details like specific metrics, chain selection, budget breakdown, and milestones.

Do you think this dashboard is a valuable addition to zkSync?

nanostrategy.eth · March 12, 2025, 4:54pm

I believe that $50,000–$60,000 per year is too much for such a specific website that will be used by only 50–100 people per month.

I reviewed your portfolio. You received a $15,000 grant from Compound, which was enough to build an analytical website and maintain it for a year.
From Arbitrum, you received a grant of 55,000 ARB ($22,000).

At the same time, you are requesting $50,000–$60,000 from zkSync, which is almost three times more than your previous projects.

Aakash · March 13, 2025, 5:52am

This will not be a yearly fee. It will be a one-time fee of $50,000 to $60,000. The annual maintenance cost will be based on changes that the community wants on the dashboard.

In terms of the previous dashboards, I can share more information:

Compound: The grant we received from Compound was initially for $20,000, for a limited number of chains and assets. We continue to work with the Compound team for additional CGP grants to support further maintenance of the platform.
Arbitrum: The 55,000 ARB grant was for an RWA dashboard for protocols on Arbitrum. This was a chain-specific dashboard, hence infrastructure costs were limited. Further, we applied to the RWAIG program in July 2024, when the price of ARB was $0.8-0.9, which helped us account for a costing of $45,000 to $50,000 for the dashboard. You can view it here.

The current estimated costing that I have shared (a one-time fee of $50,000 to $60,000 for the Elastic Network dashboard) is because we will have to integrate several Elastic Network chains, involving custom data pipelines. Hence, the estimate. However, the payment will be released on the completion of milestones and reviews by the community. It will not be a single lump sum payout.

Let me know if you have more questions about the dashboard’s structure, data integration, or cost justification.