ZK-News - 12th-18th August '24
✨ ZK-Newsflash! ✨
Here are the highlights of what happened in the ZK space last week, 12th - 18th August.
Alignors, check out our latest stats! 🎉
✅ Partnerships.
✅ Operators.
✅ Verified batches.
✅ Verified proofs.
'Aligned by Numbers' highlights the performance of our proposal to accelerate the Ethereum’s roadmap by adoption of verifiable computation.
Alignment, quantified.
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) August 14, 2024
By the time you finish reading this tweet, these numbers will likely have increased.
Here are our latest stats showcasing the growth and impact of Aligned in the zero-knowledge space. pic.twitter.com/hXFp91wOuO
Discover the Mina Mindset in this article. 💜
🔹 What are the differences between building on the EVM and Mina?
🔹 What is Mina's approach to providing a powerful ZK tool for applications?
Read on to better understand the ‘Proof of Everything.’
Mina provides uncompromising privacy, decentralization, and scalability, all wrapped up in a single proof.
— Mina Protocol (httpz) 🪶 (@MinaProtocol) August 13, 2024
This is a new paradigm for builders, requiring a shift into the Mina Mindset: https://t.co/SbXFLsc2hm
StarkWare shared an amazing video from Eli Ben-Sasson at the Bitcoin 2013 conference in San Jose.
At that time, Eli already suggested using universal (Turing Complete) cryptographic proof systems, like zkSNARKs and PCPs, in the Bitcoin setting.
Very valuable material.
Back in 2013, @EliBenSasson, CEO at @StarkWareLtd, was already talking about using universal (Turing Complete) cryptographic proof systems, like zkSNARKs and PCPs, in the Bitcoin setting.
— StarkWare 🐺🐱 (@StarkWareLtd) August 14, 2024
11 years later, scaling Bitcoin with Validity Rollups could finally become a reality thanks… pic.twitter.com/ISW0GKZnUZ
Union is now open source! 🖥️
You can explore all aspects of Union and suggest changes.
Congratulations to Union for this great step, which encourages transparency and collaboration.
The best Web3 software is open source. That includes Union. pic.twitter.com/bR4GiKpj6v
— Union (@union_build) August 15, 2024
Cronos zkEVM launches its Mainnet. ✅
It is an L2 blockchain on top of Ethereum, powered by ZKsync technology.
Congratulations to all the teams involved in this work.
This marks a significant leap forward for the Elastic Chain. 🎉
🎉 Cronos zkEVM, the first Layer-2 ZK chain alongside @zksync Era, has officially launched “alpha” mainnet! This marks a monumental step in scaling Ethereum and the broader ZK chain ecosystems, bringing the most advanced DeFi dApps to the masses.
— Cronos (@cronos_chain) August 15, 2024
Pioneer Program Mainnet Missions… pic.twitter.com/1nXtaRF5HD
Aztec Devnet is now live! 💻
This is the culmination of a seven-year journey of hard work and iterative development.
A massive milestone for Aztec and the Ethereum community.
Check this out for more details.
Devnet is now live! 🎉
— Aztec (@aztecnetwork) August 13, 2024
To celebrate, we’re launching Alpha Build, a series of three developer sprints with a USD $100,000 prize pool and the opportunity to deploy on the Aztec Network for the first time.
Learn more and get involved ⤵️https://t.co/BmeHVL53wA
Polyhedra is spreading ZK to everywhere, applying it to Web2 and TradFi sectors. 🚀
The potential applications of this technology extend to areas like healthcare, education, and many others.
This would improve their security, privacy, and efficiency.
Polyhedra is applying zero-knowledge (ZK) technology to Web2 and traditional financial (TradFi) sectors to provide improved security, privacy, and efficiency.
— Polyhedra Network (@PolyhedraZK) August 15, 2024
Read how 👇https://t.co/u4DYdTpm3Y
A fantastic ZK Podcast featuring Anna Rose in conversation with Jens Groth and Daniel Marin from Nexus is now available! 📢
It dives into a variety of topics, such as formal verification, IVC, Nexus architecture, and much more!
Listen to it here.
➡️ Don't miss:@danielmarinq and @jensgroth16 dropping knowledge about zero knowledge on the ZK Podcast. @AnnaRRose, thanks for having us and for the great conversation.https://t.co/y9cDNvOGpA
— Nexus (@NexusLabsHQ) August 14, 2024
An interesting article about a GKR-based approach to unsigned integer multiplication was posted by the Irreducible team. 🤯
If you enjoy math, we recommend checking it out.
In our new blog post, the Irreducible team describes a GKR-based approach to unsigned integer multiplication. This technique will significantly lower commitment costs in many important Binius tasks! Learn more here👇https://t.co/FCfVzUbuEO
— Irreducible (@IrreducibleHW) August 14, 2024
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