Aligned Monthly Recap - March '2025
The past month has been busy and exciting — check out this thread for a recap of our highlights!
✅ Aligned by Numbers.
✅ Educational content and blog posts.
✅ Events.
✅ Alignment Sessions.
✅ Community Calls.
✅ Aligned by Numbers: Brief summary
Learn about our partnerships, operators, number of verified proofs, details about the Aligned Builders Hackathon, and more.
Aligned by numbers? Here we go. ↓ ↓ ↓
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) March 14, 2025
Here are our latest figures highlighting Aligned's growth and influence in the zero-knowledge ecosystem. pic.twitter.com/Dy7yrUd0v2
✅ Technical content
> Blog posts.
What is a zkVM and why should you care? An introduction to zkVMs (zero-knowledge virtual machines).
Do you keep hearing about zkVMs and wondering what they're all about?
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) March 28, 2025
If so, then our latest blog post is for you.
Our beginner-friendly introduction to the topic will get you up to speed so you too can enjoy the ongoing zkVM discourse: pic.twitter.com/BAnTtYgbcy
zkVM Benchmarks: Neutral, standardized benchmarking of zkVMs proving times.
We have open-sourced our benchmarking work for RISC-V zkVMs at zkbenchmarks.com to help the community determine the best zkVM for their use case.
zkVMs are quickly transforming the industry by enabling developers to write provable applications in languages like Rust.
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) March 24, 2025
To better inform our own roadmap and the wider industry, we’ve started doing neutral, standardized open source benchmarking of RISC-V zkVMs: pic.twitter.com/Qw1db12ImI
Alternatives to re-execution.
In blockchains, re-execution can be inefficient because it requires every node to repeat the same computation, leading to bottlenecks. In this blog post, we explore alternatives to replace this approach.
Blockchain technology has emerged to provide a decentralized and trustless way to record and verify transactions across a distributed network of participants.
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) March 25, 2025
One way to verify computation is re-execution. However, this approach can be inefficient, as it requires every node to… pic.twitter.com/otR1kHFrJx
Aligned Hackathon Spotlight Vol. 05.
Describing ZK-Setu, built by Gautam Kumar, Shivansh Gupta, and Ayush Singh: A decentralized fiat-to-crypto escrow system powered by Aligned.
Hackathon Highlights Vol. 05: Bridge Over Troubled Fiats w/ Zk-Setu – On & Off Ramp Solution Cuts Out the Middleman
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) March 15, 2025
Zk-Setu, built by @0xgautxm, @shivansheth & @eth_ay32, is a great example of how ZK can enable trust-minimized fiat on/off-ramping solutions. pic.twitter.com/hSoLqgTXWz
> Educational threads.
Explaining our two different verification modes: Fast Mode (currently in mainnet beta) and Aggregation Mode (in development).
Aligned offers two different verification modes that balance cost, speed, and security based on different developer needs. Let us explain why: pic.twitter.com/V2165sxheI
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) March 18, 2025
What problem does Aligned solve?
What problem does Aligned solve?
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) March 7, 2025
We want to make sure you understand. Let's break it down: pic.twitter.com/T4M6NNoOaa
> Threads in 5H1W format.
Explaining the details of Groth16: A fast and efficient proof system.
Curious about Groth16? Let’s break down this stealthy proof system with a fresh 5W1H:
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) March 6, 2025
• What is Groth16?
• Who uses Groth16?
• Where does Groth16 run?
• When is Groth16 important?
• Why is Groth16 used?
• How does Groth16 work? pic.twitter.com/K8PgWBKujZ
Describing PLONK, a widely used zero-knowledge proof system, in simple terms.
Plonk is everywhere in ZK. But what is it, how does it work, and why do so many use it?
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) March 26, 2025
We’re exploring this proof system step by step with 5W1H. ↓↓↓ pic.twitter.com/sWysKrcXJ1
Breaking down Ethereum, the World Computer.
We are proud contributors to @ethereum—the world computer. We believe it is one of the most ambitious and important projects on the planet, and we want to help more people understand why with a fresh 5W1H:
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) March 11, 2025
• What is Ethereum?
• Why is it important?
• Who uses Ethereum?
•… pic.twitter.com/b3SSzERBAk
✅ Events
ETHDenver Recap.
We just wrapped up a great week at @EthereumDenver catching up with friends and partners working at the forefront of ZK, applied cryptography, and Ethereum infra.
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) March 5, 2025
Here are a few highlights that had us leaving the conference more energized than ever to keep building better infra…
✅ Alignment Sessions and Community calls
Alignment Session with Diego Kingston and Mauro Toscano talking about different zkVMs in the market and our ongoing benchmarking efforts.
Weekly Alignment Session https://t.co/HrdaSUyq0j
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) March 10, 2025
Alignment Session with our co-founders Roberto Catalan, Diego Kingston and Mauro Toscano discussing the latest updates on Aligned and the problem with the Holesky testnet.
Weekly Alignment Session https://t.co/5nDFtJZNZX
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) March 17, 2025
Alignment Session with our founders Roberto Catalan, Diego Kingston, and Mauro Toscano sharing insights on Aligned and ZK tech.
Weekly Alignment Session 006 https://t.co/07mF6UBtnL
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) March 24, 2025
Alignment Session with our co-founders Roberto Catalan, Diego Kingston, and Mauro Toscano talking about the most recent updates and plans on Aligned
Weekly Alignment Session 007 https://t.co/j75eUTAU09
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) March 31, 2025
Community call discussing where our ecosystem team presented Aligned monthly updates.
Aligned Community Call https://t.co/dIbRNr9B2W
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) March 5, 2025
Community call with Yush G, where we learned about how ZK Email lets users verify redacted received emails or verify ownership of email addresses using ZK proofs—and the new experiences this enables.
ZK Email x Aligned: new product ideas for Ethereum https://t.co/gusAYpk9Sr
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) March 12, 2025
Community call with with Mikerah, founder of HashCloak & Stoffel MPC talking about the grant they recently got to implement the Semaphore ZK protocol in Noir, and more.
Aligned + friends: badcryptobitch on the intersection of memes and zk https://t.co/zaA41F17Me
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) March 19, 2025
Community call with Paul-Henry Kajfasz discussing the initiatives and developments at Polygon Miden.
Aligned + Friends: Miden and next gen privacy chains https://t.co/FldQECzXjC
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) March 26, 2025
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