ZK-News - 10th-16th June '24
β¨ ZK-Newsflash! β¨
Here are the highlights of what happened in the ZK space last week, 10th - 16th June.
Our Co-founder and Head of Research, Diego Kingston, gave a fascinating talk on hash-based proof systems at ZuBerlin. π
The talk delved into various aspects, including proof sizes, the benefit of not requiring trusted setups, and more.
Build on Starknet and get rewarded! π₯οΈ
June 13 kicked off Starkhack, organized in collaboration with ETHGlobal, offering $150,000 in prizes.
This is a free online hackathon with many opportunities for builders.
Catnet: A custom Signet network that provides an environment for testing Bitcoin applications with the OP_CAT functionality enabled. β‘
Here Abdelhamid Bakhta offers us the explorer.
Polygon Community Grants - Season 01 is here! π’
1 Billion POL unlocked over a decade in community grants program for Polygon builders
Applications are now open!
The Blockchain Trilemma: scalability, decentralization, and security. Can we have it all? βοΈ
zkSharding could be the answer.
=nil; Foundation has a great resource explaining how this technology tackles the challenge.
Cool paper to read. π
Helger Lipmaa explores shortening the argument of the Groth16 zkSNARK for R1CS, proposing Polymath: Groth16 is not the Limit.
This opens up exciting possibilities for future applications.
Fascinating material posted on Bitcoin Magazine. β‘
A conversation between the team at The Rollup and Orkun Kilic, co-founder of Citrea.
Educational content about building Bitcoin's first ZK rollup.
We shared an interesting Space with our partner Fluent. π©
Participants included:
β Dino, Co-founder de Fluent.
β Roberto CatalΓ‘n, Co-founder of Aligned.
β Diego Kingston, Co-founder and Head of Research of Aligned.
Lambda Hack Week 2 is almost here! π»
4 days of hacking. Don't miss the chance to meet some of our team!
To provide educational material, we're offering a series of threads on various ZK-related concepts. π§
This thread focuses on ZK-SNARKs, exploring their origins and key advancements that led to today's technology.
If you want to learn more about Aligned and how we are accelerating Ethereum, read our whitepaper.
Stay tuned: π¦ Twitter | π¨οΈ Telegram | πΎ Discord | π Website | π Galxe | π Manifesto