ZK Industry News: April 3rd to 9th, 2025
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Here's what happened from April 3rd to 9th, 2025.
Updates from Aligned (1/2): We have released our updated roadmap!
We are excited to share our latest roadmap, which expands our scope and explains our vision and plans for the coming years.
ALIGNED ROADMAP UPDATED.
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) April 10, 2025
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
Updates from Aligned (2/2): The first version of our aggregation mode is now live on the Holesky testnet
Our second product uses recursive proof aggregation to lower the cost of verifying proofs with the full security of Ethereum. SP1 proofs from Succinct zkVM are supported, with support for RISC Zero coming soon.
Aligned Aggregation Mode MVP is live
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) April 11, 2025
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
Fermah launched their first incentivized testnet
The purpose of the Goldmiroff testnet is to stress-test the network under real-world conditions. Check out the recording of our last stream with Vanishree Rao where we discussed this on Wednesday!
Want to dive deeper into the details of our incentivized testnet?
— Fermah (@fermah_xyz) April 3, 2025
Check out this blog post from @vanishree_rao https://t.co/BdY3ar72fC https://t.co/coDoHgYozT
Project Tachyon Unveiled: A Leap Forward in Zcash Scalability
This initiative aims to scale Zcash by utilizing Oblivious Synchronization to address key bottlenecks.
Project Tachyon: Scaling Zcash with Oblivious Synchronization.https://t.co/jmUAjougrB
— Sean Bowe (@ebfull) April 2, 2025
Primus Labs shared an article titled "When zkTLS Meets TEE and zkVM," which explores the connections between Web2 and Web3
The article spotlight how zkTLS, TEE, and zkVM can revolutionize on-chain apps by securely integrating Web2 data with Web3 privacy.
— Primus Labs (@primus_labs) April 4, 2025
Lens has officially announced that they are now live on mainnet
It offers a platform to build SocialFi experiences with organic distribution and instant monetization.
Lens is live on mainnet. SocialFi starts now. pic.twitter.com/nRNJ3E8NQ4
— Lens Chain (@LC) April 4, 2025
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