Manta vs Tezos

Manta Pacific is a modular zk‑EVM Layer‑2 that stores rollup data on Celestia DA and uses universal circuits to keep prover costs low. Users can deploy privacy‑preserving smart contracts with built‑in zero‑knowledge widgets for shielding balances. The 2025 ‘Marlin’ release adds Account Abstraction and native bridges to Polkadot’s parachain ecosystem.

Tezos is a self‑amending Proof‑of‑Stake Layer‑1 that supports on‑chain governance, letting token holders adopt protocol upgrades without hard forks. Its latest ‘Mumbai’ upgrade activated Smart Rollups, allowing scalable L2s written in Rust and Wasm to inherit Tezos security. Tezos processes ~1 million contract calls daily and is popular for compliant tokenisation of securities in Europe.