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✨ ZK-Newsflash! ✨ We're bringing you industry highlights each week so you can stay aligned with the latest developments in ZK. Here's what happened from August 14th-20th, 2025. A 6x speedup for Jolt, the zkVM from a16z crypto, has been achieved by fully integrating the new Twist and
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San Francisco might have been cold, but Google’s ZK & AI Summit was on fire. Researchers, engineers, and industry leaders came together to push zero-knowledge, identity, and AI closer to the core of tomorrow’s secure and scalable systems. Engineers and researchers dominated the summit, with fewer VCs, marking
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✨ ZK-Newsflash! ✨ We're bringing you industry highlights each week so you can stay aligned with the latest developments in ZK. Here's what happened from August 7th-13th, 2025. Giacomo Fenzi and Yuwen Zhang shared new research on compressing hash-based SNARKs. A new paper from Giacomo Fenzi and Yuwen
Zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs are at the heart of Ethereum’s future. It’s the technology chosen to scale the EVM by 1000x without sacrificing decentralization, and is also being used to improve the efficiency and security of Ethereum’s consensus layer (detailed in the lean roadmap). 1 gigagas/sec (10K
We’re excited to announce our strategic partnership with Sovra, equipping them with the infrastructure needed to power their Digital Identity Stack for governments, institutions, and citizens. What Is Sovra? Sovra enables institutions and individuals to issue, verify, and use digital identity credentials with sovereignty and privacy. Sovra’s technology
Aligned is in the business of selling access to Ethereum. Our product stack began with the Proof Verification Layer (live on mainnet since November) which was followed by the Proof Aggregation Service (currently on testnet). Together, this two-part ZK Verification Layer allows ZK proofs to be verified on Ethereum without
Ethereum is becoming the backbone of a new global financial system—open, programmable, and secured by cryptography instead of institutions. For the past year, our focus has been on accelerating Ethereum’s roadmap by making Zero-Knowledge (ZK) proof verification cheaper, faster, and more scalable. By building essential infrastructure—like our
After a year of work and the delivery of our first product, the scope of our mission is now expanding. In this post, we share an updated roadmap for Aligned and explain our vision and plans for the coming years. We started building a very specialized piece of infrastructure to
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✨ ZK-Newsflash! ✨ We're bringing you industry highlights each week so you can stay aligned with the latest developments in ZK. Here's what happened from July 31st to August 6th, 2025. The Succinct Prover Network is now live on mainnet. This marketplace is a protocol on Ethereum that
Zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs are at the heart of Ethereum’s future. It’s the technology chosen to scale the EVM by 1000x without sacrificing decentralization, and is also being used to improve the efficiency and security of Ethereum’s consensus layer (detailed in the lean roadmap). 1 gigagas/sec (10K
Last week we finished a complete version of the ZK Arcade and ran a playtest with external users. This feedback is now being used to improve the user experience. The Proof Verification Layer has also been improved with some minor upgrades related to developer experience and reliability. See below for
The past month has been busy and exciting — check out this thread for a recap of our highlights! ► Partnership Announcement. ► Alignment Sessions. ► Aligned Guests, X Space, Podcast. ► Blog posts / Articles. ► Engineering updates. ► Partnership Announcement We announced our partnership with Sovra providing the infrastructure to support their Digital Identity Stack for
✨ ZK-Newsflash! ✨ We're bringing you industry highlights each week so you can stay aligned with the latest developments in ZK. Here's what happened from July 24th to 30th, 2025. Ethereum, The World Computer, celebrates 10 years Ethereum has been online for 10 years with zero downtime. This
We’re excited to announce our strategic partnership with Sovra, equipping them with the infrastructure needed to power their Digital Identity Stack for governments, institutions, and citizens. What Is Sovra? Sovra enables institutions and individuals to issue, verify, and use digital identity credentials with sovereignty and privacy. Sovra’s technology
The era of AI needs Ethereum and ZKAligned is a vertically integrated stack for building on a verifiable internet. Whether it’s financial infrastructure or AI systems, we ship one‑click rails for wallets, rollups, interoperability, and zero‑knowledge (ZK) services. The thesis? As AI picks up more of our
During the last week, we focused on enhancing zk arcade's usability and documentation while gathering valuable user feedback to drive continuous improvements. We also updated the testnet version of Risc0 to ensure compatibility with the latest features and performance enhancements. Closed PRs from last week 1. #73 – feat:
✨ ZK-Newsflash! ✨ We're bringing you industry highlights each week so you can stay aligned with the latest developments in ZK. Here's what happened from July 17th to 23rd, 2025. The Ethereum Foundation is hosting a Livestream to celebrate 10 years of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin & Joseph Lubin
Aligned is in the business of selling access to Ethereum. Our product stack began with the Proof Verification Layer (live on mainnet since November) which was followed by the Proof Aggregation Service (currently on testnet). Together, this two-part ZK Verification Layer allows ZK proofs to be verified on Ethereum without
Update: * Risc0 code for Aligned is being updated to its latest version, and will be deployed on mainnet soon. * #2020 * zk-arcade MVP has been finished, with work now continuing to make it more reliable and easier to use * #46 – fix(web): update favicon * #45 – feat(beast): indicate where the proof
Aligned’s Rollup-as-a-Service (RaaS) platform will soon give teams everything they need to access Ethereum’s trust by making rollup deployment as easy as any web2 service. We’re making based ZK-rollups accessible to anyone—so you can focus on your business case.We chose Ethrex as the stack for
