Deployment Modes - Polygon Developer Docs

The three cdk-opgeth deployment modes differ primarily in data availability and prover setup. All share the same Geth-based client and OP Stack components.

`cdk-opgeth-sovereign`

Component	Description / Link
Execution Layer	OP Geth Client: Ethereum client modified for Optimism
Consensus Layer	OP Node: Handles block production and synchronisation
AggKit - Oracle	AggOracle: Updates Global Exit Root (GER) onchain
AggKit - Sender	Sends certificates from the chain to Agglayer
Bridge API	zkevm-bridge-service: Enables messaging between chains
Data Availability Layer	OP Batcher: Sends transaction data to Ethereum Mainnet (Layer 1)
Agglayer Network	Agglayer, Agglayer Node, Agglayer Prover
Smart Contracts (L1 + L2)	Optimism Contracts
Ethereum Bridge Contracts	Polygon zkEVM Contracts: Manages final settlement on Ethereum

`cdk-opgeth-zkrollup`

Component	Description / Link
Execution Layer	OP Geth Client
Consensus Layer	OP Node
Proposer Service	OP Proposer
AggKit - Oracle	AggOracle
AggKit - Sender	Sends certificates to Agglayer
Bridge API	zkevm-bridge-service
Data Availability Layer	Ethereum Mainnet (onchain data only)
Agglayer Network	Agglayer, Agglayer Node, Agglayer Prover
Smart Contracts (L1 + L2)	Optimism Contracts
Ethereum Bridge Contracts	Polygon zkEVM Contracts
Prover Network	SP1 Prover: zkVM-based prover

`cdk-opgeth-validium`

This mode shares the same architecture as zkrollup, but uses an alternative data availability (DA) layer.

Component	Description / Link
Execution Layer	OP Geth Client
Consensus Layer	OP Node
Proposer Service	OP Proposer: Proposes blocks and batches
AggKit - Oracle	AggOracle
AggKit - Sender	Sends certificates to Agglayer
Bridge API	zkevm-bridge-service
Data Availability Layer	Alt-DA Mode (TBD): Off-chain or alternative DA provider
Agglayer Network	Agglayer, Agglayer Node, Agglayer Prover
Smart Contracts (L1 + L2)	Optimism Contracts
Ethereum Bridge Contracts	Polygon zkEVM Contracts
Prover Network	SP1 Prover: zkVM-based prover

​cdk-opgeth-sovereign

​cdk-opgeth-zkrollup

​cdk-opgeth-validium

`cdk-opgeth-sovereign`

`cdk-opgeth-zkrollup`

`cdk-opgeth-validium`