Aligned Monthly Recap - September '24
This month has been full of exciting updates for Aligned! 🎉
Check out this thread for a recap of our highlights!
✅ Hackathon and Roadmap.
✅ Collaboration and Partnership.
✅ Events.
✅ X Spaces and Community calls.
✅ Technical content.
Enjoy!
✅ Attention hackers! The Aligned Builders Hackathon has started! 💻
Join our virtual hackathon and win up to $50,000 in prizes.
Explore the potential of ZK with projects in:
🔹 DeFi.
🔹 Gaming.
🔹 Infrastructure.
🔹 And more.
Read the full announcement below and build the future of ZK with Aligned.
Announcing: Aligned Builders Hackathon!
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) September 29, 2024
Our first virtual hackathon has up to $50,000 in prizes for novel apps using Aligned’s ZK verification layer.
The Aligned Builders Hackathon is the first stage of Aligned’s upcoming mainnet incentives program which will reward developers,… pic.twitter.com/FNmw5kxLZF
✅ Last month, we shared our Q3-Q4 Roadmap with you! 🚀
🔹 Fast mode.
🔹 Aggregation mode.
🔹 And many more.
After a lot of work, our first product is almost ready to be launched on mainnet.
All the details are in the linked tweet.
Our first product is almost ready for mainnet!
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) September 6, 2024
Our Testnets have proven we can provide high throughput, low latency and low cost verification for several proof systems.
Fast Mode will benefit a variety of projects, reducing operational costs and go-to-market time.
Our roadmap: pic.twitter.com/PEtvMftIBk
✅ Collaboration and Partnership. 🫂
🔹 Collaboration 027: Anoma.
We're delighted to provide Anoma with fast and affordable proof verification and unlock scalability for intent-centric apps built on Anoma.
Aligned Collaboration: 027@anoma enables a new type of user-friendly decentralized application based on intents — the outcomes that users want to achieve.
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) September 10, 2024
Aligned will provide Anoma with fast and affordable proof verification. pic.twitter.com/Dvcm2so6p7
🔹 Partnership 028: Nexus.
We’re happy to announce that Aligned will provide Nexus developers with low-cost and fast proof verification.
Definitely, Nexus is aligned.
With Nexus you can prove any computation and leverage a powerful zero-knowledge virtual machine. Aligned will provide Nexus developers with low-cost and fast proof verification.@NexusLabsHQ is aligned.
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) September 24, 2024
[Aligned Partnership: 028] pic.twitter.com/Aki1r3K3uE
✅ Let’s review the highlights of the events. 📢
🔹 In the linked tweet you can see our proof of attendance at Crecimiento.
We’re very excited to have participated in:
> zkCity, a week entirely dedicated to ZK.
> ZK Day, organized by Polygon and Dabl Club.
Here’s our proof of attendance at @crecimientoar, and how we made Argentina become Aligned.
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) September 3, 2024
Let’s dive into our participation in the Crecimiento movement last month.👇🏻 pic.twitter.com/SYyiooDF6d
🔹 Singapore Events!
Take a look at some of the things we did in Singapore:
> Builder Nights panel.
> TEE Unconferance panel.
> The Rollup Day panel.
Excited to see you all in Singapore! 🇸🇬
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) September 16, 2024
Here are the events where you can find us: pic.twitter.com/XDMmots1Fw
✅ Let’s continue with the X Spaces and community calls of this month. ⚡️
🔹 X Space with Gevulot founder Teemupai.
We explored the ZK supply chain together.
Listen to it here:
Any plans for Tuesday?
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) September 1, 2024
Come join our X Space with @gevulot_network founder @teemupai.
We'll be exploring the ZK supply chain together.
Set your alarm: https://t.co/WdFve488WY pic.twitter.com/lc3TjWnpGr
🔹 Community Calls:
Last month we had the pleasure of hosting 3 community calls with many Alignoors!
We’re thrilled to connect with the community in this way and answer many of their questions.
> First Community Call.
Our first community call took place in Discord on 21st August.
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) September 5, 2024
We had over 1000 attendees, and over 700 who claimed their @Galxe OAT as Proof of Attendance!
Next Community Call:
📆 September 12th.
⏰ 15:00 CET
👾 Discord
Full video below: ▶️ pic.twitter.com/qDaIeLVUoG
> Second Community Call.
Hosted by Geeny from our ecosystem team, and our co-founder and Head of Research Diego Kingston.
We are LIVE!
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) September 11, 2024
Join @Geeny616 and @zkdiegokingston in our Discord channel right now for our second community call!
Tune in for exclusive updates on our current roadmap, and the chance to Ask Aligned Anything!https://t.co/8YcsQHj5iW pic.twitter.com/tRbtDGiBK8
> Third Community Call.
Featuring:
Hosts: Diego Kingston, Boris, and Geeny.
Guests: Pia Park and Bartolomeo Diaz from Herodotus.
Aligned Community Call 003.
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) September 27, 2024
When? Next Wednesday, October 2nd.
What time? 3 PM UTC.
Guests? @piapark_eth and @bartolomeo_diaz from @HerodotusDev
Hosts? @zkdiegokingston @BJ_Dyakov @Geeny616
Where? Our Discord channel.
Links below. pic.twitter.com/qiffDvD53i
✅ Let’s explore some of the technical content. 🔎
🔹 A mathematical overview of Plonk.
Learn more about one of the most widely used proof systems in this article.
Plonk is one of the most widely used proof systems.
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) September 6, 2024
It is at the core of the proof systems used by @ZKsync, @MinaProtocol, Halo2 (by @Zcash, Plonky2 (@0xPolygon, and @SuccinctLabs SP1’s compression proof, gnark, due to its versatility and efficient prover.
Read our blog to…
🔹 Introduction to Polynomial Commitment Schemes (PCS).
Don't miss the chance to learn about a concept that is at the core of proof systems.
Read on to see how they work.
Introduction to Polynomial Commitment Schemes (PCS)
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) September 10, 2024
Polynomial commitment schemes (PCS) are at the core of proof systems.
They determine key properties such as proof size, verification time, and whether the system is post-quantum secure.
Learn more: https://t.co/8Mt6vw2Knt
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