Astar chain initial tech assessment

[alexwhte]

Background

Astar zkEVM is a new chain that was tipped to us from LiFi, who is bullish on their team and growth prospects https://docs.astar.network/docs/build/zkEVM/

As it is polygon CDK we would like to assess viability

Definition Of Done

Confirm if Astart zkEVM has these

• [x] AMB connector -- Polygon CDK https://discord.com/channels/992549151134982234/1164187799583477850/1185244181015306330
• [x] High-qualty public and private RPCs.
• [x] High-quality explorer support.
• [x] Relayer support
• [x] Subgraph support

[liu-zhipeng]

Confirmed!

• [x] AMB connector: can use PolygonZkEvm connector. because Astar zkEvm chain is based from Polygon cdk
• [x] High quality public and private rpcs: https://docs.astar.network/docs/build/zkEVM/quickstart - Public rpcs Not sure if other 3rd rpc providers will support Astar zkEvm Mainnet
• [x] High quality explorer support https://zkatana.blockscout.com/ - Blockscout explorer.
• [x] Relayer Support Gelato supports zkatana testnet now. I believe they will support Astar zkevm mainnet once live. Also we can use Connext Relayer.
• [ ] Subgraph support Thegraph doesn't support Astar zkEvm testnet/mainnet and there is no specific plan for that right now. Also, Astar team doesn't have their local graph node support now. Bware will support us for that?

Astar zkEvm mainnet is not live yet. and zkatana testnet is live and we can bridge between zkatana and sepolia (not goerli same as x1 testnet).

[alexwhte]

thanks!