ZK Industry News: March 7th to 12th, 2025
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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 & Ethereum
It brings the two largest blockchain ecosystems on a single layer, making Bitcoin accessible to all while reinforcing Ethereum’s DeFi.
1/ Bold new narrative: Scaling Bitcoin + Ethereum together
— Starknet 🐺🐱 (@Starknet) March 11, 2025
Starknet will become the first L2 to settle on both Bitcoin & Ethereum, bringing the two largest blockchain ecosystems on a single layer, unlocking new DeFi opportunities and greater liquidity.
Read our vision & plan 👇 pic.twitter.com/JzWo7OzoIs
Nexus announced the third iteration of its zkVM based on StarkWare's Stwo prover
This prover-optimized zkVM, uses the RISC-V instruction set architecture, like earlier previous, but offers several performance improvements over them.
Announcing the Nexus zkVM 3.0:
— Nexus (@NexusLabs) March 6, 2025
– Performance improvements
– Formal specification
– Backended by the Stwo prover from our partner @StarkwareLTD pic.twitter.com/im5eWNKPXY
Lita team shared a blog post highlighting the key differences between Client-Side and Server-side proving
It includes a Valida client-side example to start building privacy-preserving applications in the browser.
Client Side Proving and Verification with Valida
— Lita (@0xLita) March 6, 2025
While most ZK systems today are optimized for server-side execution, there is a growing need for client-side proving—where proofs are generated and verified directly on end-user devices.
Use Cases
Client-side proving and… pic.twitter.com/9FUJdKdnoU
Justin Thaler published a blog post about the path to secure and efficient zkVMs
He introduces a roadmap categorizing zkVM development into "security stages" and "speed stages" to track progress, emphasizing that achieving true security could take years.
1/ Beware the hype: while SNARKs and zkVMs show immense promise, they’re not ready for complex, high-stakes deployments. Bugs are everywhere, formal verification is nascent, and proofs can be hundreds of thousands of times slower than native execution.
— Justin Thaler (@SuccinctJT) March 11, 2025
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