# .pol (Polygon zkEVM) .pol (Polygon zkEVM): The .pol name service was launched on Polygon's Ethereum rollup, Polygon zkEVM. Over 6,000 .pol domain names have been registered. Website: [https://polygon.name](https://polygon.name/) Twitter: Github (Integration) : E-mail: > Polygon (formerly known as Matic Network) is a layer-2 scaling solution for the Ethereum blockchain. It aims to address Ethereum's scalability issues by offering faster and cheaper transactions while maintaining a high level of security. > > Polygon zkEVM (Zero-Knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine) is a specific feature within the Polygon ecosystem that further enhances its capabilities. It combines the power of zero-knowledge proofs and Ethereum's Virtual Machine (EVM) to bring additional scalability and privacy to decentralized applications (DApps) running on Polygon. > > Here's how it works: > > 1. Zero-Knowledge Proofs: Zero-knowledge proofs allow users to verify the correctness of computations or transactions without the need to reveal the specific details of those computations. This enhances privacy and reduces the amount of data that needs to be processed and stored on-chain. > 2. Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM): The Ethereum Virtual Machine is the runtime environment for executing smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain. It allows developers to write and deploy smart contracts in a Turing-complete programming language. > 3. Integration: With Polygon zkEVM, the benefits of zero-knowledge proofs are integrated with the Ethereum Virtual Machine. This enables Polygon to achieve higher throughput and lower transaction costs while still maintaining compatibility with the existing Ethereum ecosystem, including smart contracts and DApps. > > By using zkEVM, Polygon aims to significantly improve the performance and scalability of decentralized applications on its network. This, in turn, can provide a better user experience and attract more developers and users to build and use DApps on the Polygon ecosystem. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.ether.domains/ns/name-services/.pol-polygon-zkevm.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.