The goal of blockchains Blockchain technology has emerged to provide a decentralized and secure way to record and verify transactions across a distributed network of participants. The main objective is to eliminate the need for intermediaries, by enabling peer-to-peer transactions. This is achieved through cryptographic techniques that ensure the integrity
Zero-knowledge virtual machines (zkVMs) are virtual machines that let you write and execute code in common languages like Rust or C and generate proofs demonstrating the integrity of computations. This makes building with ZK much more accessible to developers, and is a key part of Ethereum’s scaling roadmap. While
✨ 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 March 13th to 19th, 2025. Ingonyama released ICICLE-Snark, offering enhanced performance for ZK applications ICICLE-Snark outperforms other implementations in Groth16 benchmarks, pushing the
Bridging fiat and crypto can often feel like navigating a maze of intermediaries, hidden fees, and potential censorship. Zk-Setu, a project built by Gautam, Shivansh & Ayush for the Aligned hackathon, breaks through these barriers by offering a trustless, zero-knowledge-proof-based P2P escrow platform for fiat-to-crypto exchanges. With Aligned enabling cost-effective
On-chain voting has always promised transparency—but what happens when that transparency undermines privacy? Bribery, social pressure, and herd behavior can distort results, making DAOs less democratic than intended. AGYSO ZK-DAO-VOTE sets out to change that, offering a protocol that keeps votes secret while ensuring every vote is valid and
✨ 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 March 7th to 12th, 2025. Starknet posted its vision & plan to become the first Layer 2 to settle on both Bitcoin &
✨ 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 February 24th to March 6th, 2025. Starknet v0.13.4 is now live on Starknet Testnet This version includes Cairo Native, a compiler
The last month has been full of exciting updates for Aligned! Check out this thread for a recap of our highlights! ✅ Educational content and blog posts. ✅ Alignment Sessions. ✅ Podcasts. ✅ Community Calls. ✅ Educational content We posted a major thread promoting educational content, focusing on advanced blockchain topics like SNARKs and the
✨ 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 February 17th to 23rd, 2025. Justin Drake and Federico Carrone discussed Ethereum's Native Rollup Roadmap on The Rollup Podcast The episode,
✨ 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 February 10th to 16th, 2025. Brevis introduces Pico: A Modular and Performant zkVM It outperforms RISC0, SP1, and OpenVM by 70%–150% on
How can we be sure that a vector database returns the truly best match? This hackathon project by Erhan uses verifiable computation and zero-knowledge proofs to mathematically guarantee the accuracy of nearest neighbor searches, enabling more transparent and trustworthy AI-powered applications. The Semantic Revolution Semantic generally refers to the meaning
✨ ZK-Newsflash! ✨ Each week, we're bringing you industry highlights so you can stay aligned with the latest developments in ZK. Here's what happened from February 3rd to 9th, 2025. Mina releases a zkML Library zkML allows AI models to function on-chain with full privacy and verification, opening
Welcome to the second post in our series showcasing the winners of the inaugural Aligned Builders Hackathon. Each article will highlight innovative use cases for ZK technology enabled by Aligned's Proof Verification Layer. You can see the first post, which discusses ZK use cases in gaming, here. Aligned
ZK news
✨ ZK-Newsflash! ✨ Each week, we're bringing you industry highlights so you can stay aligned with the latest developments in ZK. Here's what happened from January 27th to February 2nd, 2025. Mina offers an update on the status of bridges in the Mina Protocol ecosystem This update includes
2024’ün Aralık ayında, 9 aylık geliştirme sürecinin ardından Aligned'ın ZK doğrulama katmanının artık Ethereum mainnet üzerinde beta aşamasında olduğunu duyurduk. Bu gelişmenin ne anlama geldiğini açıklamak üzere, Türkçe bir yazıyla karşınızdayız. Mainnet beta sürümü, geliştiricilerin artık Ethereum üzerinde ZK kanıtlarını %10’dan daha düşük bir maliyetle doğrulayabileceği
Monthly recaps
The last month has been full of exciting updates for Aligned! Check out this thread for a recap of our highlights! ✅ Educational content. ✅ Blog posts. ✅ Valuable announcements about our ecosystem. ✅ Events. ✅ X Spaces and Community Calls. Enjoy! ✅ Let's start with our educational content. 🔹 Everything you need to know
ZK news
✨ ZK-Newsflash! ✨ Here are the highlights of what happened in the ZK space from January 20th to 26th, 2025. New blog post series: Showcasing the awesome projects built during our hackathon. 💻 This series will showcase various use cases of ZK and demonstrate how Aligned can support these projects! The first featured
Hackathons
Welcome to the first post in a series showcasing the winners of the inaugural Aligned Builders Hackathon. Each article will highlight innovative use cases for ZK technology enabled by Aligned's Proof Verification Layer. The hackathon projects ranged from ZK-enabled games and private voting apps to light client bridging
ZK news
✨ ZK-Newsflash! ✨ Here are the highlights of what happened in the ZK space from January 13th to 19th, 2025. Showing how important decentralization is to us: Sharing data from our operators. 🚀 Our Proof Verification Layer is powered by 55 operators and currently secured by more than 2.4M restaked ETH (over
Aligned 20 Jan 2025 查看博客文章 2024 年是零知识（ZK）技术发展历程中具有里程碑意义的一年，我们取得了重大的突破，接下来让我们一起来回顾一些闪光时刻： ✅ 重要公告 零知识技术进入以太坊共识层 Justin Drake 提出了“Beam 链”，旨在重新设计以太坊共识层。这一提议旨在通过“snark化”以太坊链，开启以太坊共识的新纪元。 了解更多 Aligned 主网测试版正式上线 令人激动的是，从零起步到主网的成功上线，仅间隔了一年时间。 阅读全文 引入 ZK-STARKs 到比特币网络 StarkWare 以扩展以太坊而闻名，现在正将其专业技术应用于比特币。这一举措有望帮助实现中本聪的愿景。 了解更多 ✅ 研究成果 证明系统 * Circle STARKs Polygon 与 StarkWare 联合完成的一项研究，推动了 STARK 技术的应用。了解更多
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Aligned, Proof Verification Layer mainnet beta aşamasına, kurulduktan dokuz ay sonra ulaştı. Proof Verification Layer (kanıt doğrulama katmanı), projelere ve kullanıcılara hızlı ve uygun maliyetli zk-proof doğrulaması sunarak sıfır bilgi (zk) tabanlı teknolojilerin geliştirilmesi ve benimsenmesi için önemli bir adımı temsil ediyor. Aligned Foundation, Aligned’ın yol haritasını hızlandırmak ve
ZK news
✨ ZK-Newsflash! ✨ Here are the highlights of what happened in the ZK space from January 6th to 12th, '25. We publish a recap of ZK for all of 2024. 🎉 Alignoors, we are very excited to share with you this recap, which contains notable announcements, proving records, milestones from zkVMs, as
ZK news
2024 was a groundbreaking year for Zero-Knowledge (ZK) technology, with significant advancements. It's been an exciting journey. Let’s dive into a recap of the key highlights! Here we have: ✅ Notable Announcements 🔹 ZK in the Ethereum consensus layer 🔹 Aligned's Mainnet Beta Launch 🔹 Bringing ZK-STARKs to Bitcoin
Technical content
Introduction The evolution of decentralized applications (dApps) depends on a shift from programmable settlement to intent-based architectures. These systems redefine how applications are built, focusing on generalized intents—high-level expressions of desired outcomes. By leveraging zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) and succinct validity proofs, intent-based architectures offer transformative advantages in scalability, privacy,