Monthly recaps

Aligned Monthly Recap - April '2025

Aligned Layer

06 May 2025 — 3 min read

The past month has been busy and exciting — check out this thread for a recap of our highlights!

► Technical content.
► Educational content.
► Podcast.
► Alignment sessions.
► Community calls.

► Technical content.

We shared an updated roadmap for Aligned and explain our vision and plans for the coming years.

ALIGNED ROADMAP UPDATED.

We’re excited to share our updated roadmap, expanding on the services and products we previously outlined.

Our core mission remains the same: to provide vertically integrated solutions that empower developers to leverage Ethereum as a financial backend,… pic.twitter.com/iXVezRxqBs
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) April 10, 2025

Aggregation Mode.

We posted the MVP of our second product, the proof aggregation service.

Aligned Aggregation Mode MVP is live

Today we are happy to show the MVP of our second product, the proof aggregation service. This complements our first product, the proof verification layer, offering developers more options when it comes to verifying proofs cheaply in Ethereum.… pic.twitter.com/RZ2OMmwdEa
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) April 11, 2025

► Educational content.

Introduction to zkVMs.

Simple questions. Clear answers. RISC-V zkVMs under the lens. ↓↓↓↓ pic.twitter.com/SsTDf7hQx0
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) April 2, 2025

What alternatives do we have for re-executing transactions?

In blockchains, one way to verify computations is re-execution. However, this can be inefficient, resulting in significant bottlenecks.

What alternatives do we have for re-executing transactions? pic.twitter.com/vZikf2T4N2
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) April 10, 2025

Why does Aligned need Two Modes?

Aligned's proof verification layer includes Fast Mode and Aggregation Mode. But, why?

Simple: flexibility.

Developers can pick the best option for cost-effective proof verification depending on their latency, cost, and security needs. pic.twitter.com/KPNOAtiYTQ
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) April 17, 2025

Explaining our Proof Aggregation Service.

If you're curious about what aggregation mode is, you'll find simple answers in this thread!

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— Aligned (@alignedlayer) April 16, 2025

► Livestreams.

Our co-founder, Roberto Catalan, discussed Vitalik Buterin's recent proposal to replace the EVM with RISC-V on livestream hosted by The Rollup.

You might have heard about @VitalikButerin's recent proposal to replace the @Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) with RISC-V — check out what our co-founder @rj_aligned and other industry leaders had to say about this on yesterday's livestream hosted by @therollupco: https://t.co/dhokVlhWc2
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) April 23, 2025

Alignment Sessions.

Alignment Session with our founders Roberto Catalan, Diego Kingston and Mauro Toscano talking about the latest updates on Aligned and zero knowledge technology.

Weekly Alignment Session https://t.co/4PyVjIE8Qt
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) April 7, 2025

Alignment Session with our co-founders Roberto Catalan, Diego Kingston and Mauro Toscano explaining our mission and sharing our updated roadmap.

Weekly Alignment Session: Roadmap Update + Aggregation Mode MVP https://t.co/BdqoxomfDT
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) April 14, 2025

Alignment Session with our co-founders Roberto Catalan, Diego Kingston, and Mauro Toscano sharing the latest from Aligned and their thoughts on ZK, crypto, and what’s ahead.

Weekly Alignment Session 010 https://t.co/UZhWVjRYbr
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) April 21, 2025

Alignment Session with our co-founders Roberto Catalan, Diego Kingston, and Mauro Toscano sharing the latest updates from Aligned along with their perspectives on ZK and future developments.

Weekly Alignment Session 11 https://t.co/jxPyqpneR4
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) April 28, 2025

► Community calls.

Community call where Boris chats with Vanishree Rao from Fermah about Fermah’s newly launched, incentivized testnet.

Aligned x Fermah: ZK Lore + The Goldmiroff testnet https://t.co/IH0wpVjK07
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) April 9, 2025

Boris talks with Luca Donno from public-good powerhouse L2BEAT to discuss the present and future of scaling Ethereum.

Aligned x L2BEAT w/ donnoh.eth https://t.co/MUoaZhNJWR
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) April 16, 2025

Community call where Boris hosts EulerLagrange.eth (founder Opacity Network) and Vinayak Kurup (researcher Escape Velocity) to dig into zkTLS and how zk lets us build completely new onchain experiences.