Glossary
Polygon Miden
A ZK rollup with its own STARK-friendly VM (Miden VM), supporting parallel execution, client-side proving, and privacy at the account level.
Miden is one of the more architecturally distinctive Polygon rollups. The Miden VM is a stack-based machine designed specifically for STARK proving, allowing transactions to be proved client-side (the user generates the proof, not the sequencer).
The model gives Miden first-class privacy: users can keep account state local and prove correctness without revealing it. The chain also supports parallel execution of independent transactions natively, rather than serializing through a single sequencer.