ZK-News - 16th-22nd September '24
✨ ZK-Newsflash! ✨
Here are the highlights of what happened in the ZK space last week, 16th - 22nd September.
Alignoors! We are excited to announce that Aligned 0.7 upgrade is coming. 🎉
We're absolutely thrilled with how things have been progressing.
This represents another step on our journey to fulfilling our Q3 – Q4 Roadmap.
Stay tuned for more news very soon! 😉
@alignedlayer 0.7 upgrade is coming.
— Mauro Toscano 🟩 (@MauroAligned) September 19, 2024
More than 100 PRs merged since 0.4, our August release.
Lots of stuff going on, stay tuned pic.twitter.com/BdD24L04Zd
StarkWare presents interesting content about Raito, a zero-knowledge Bitcoin client implemented in Cairo. ⚡️
It aims to provide trustless validation of the Bitcoin blockchain through STARK proof verification. 🤯
Check out the repository in the quoted tweet.
A ZK Bitcoin client implemented in Cairo? 👀
— StarkWare 🐺🐱 (@StarkWareLtd) September 19, 2024
Meet Raito, aiming to bring trustless validation of the Bitcoin blockchain through STARK proof verification ⚡️https://t.co/PSTVJSWPKj pic.twitter.com/aPY2Z6zNS9
Starknet announced that Stone v3, the prover used in SHARP v6, is now open source. 💻
It's great to see such significant developments that promote transparency across the entire ecosystem.
Congratulations to Starknet!
Stone v3, the prover used in SHARP v6, is now open source 👐
— Starknet 🐺🐱 (@Starknet) September 19, 2024
You can now explore our new arithmetic builtin, which enables efficient arithmetic operations with any 384-bit modulus, boosting SHARP's efficiency by 10x.
Open source for the win 👇https://t.co/efL5EqU8ac pic.twitter.com/pzSCnIuyqD
Introducing Boundless: The Verifiable Compute Layer, by RISC Zero. 🚀
On Boundless, devs can access:
✅ Unlimited Execution.
✅ Global Composability.
✅ On-demand Scalability.
✅ Uncompromising Security.
Now in early testing. Read on to learn more.
Introducing Boundless: The Verifiable Compute Layer
— RISC Zero 🟡 (@RiscZero) September 16, 2024
Unlimited execution. Global composability. On-demand scaling.
For every developer. On any chain. pic.twitter.com/cg16cgh684
ZK Compression is now live on Solana Mainnet-Beta. 🚀
✅ 1000x cost savings for Solana devs.
✅ A solution to state growth.
✅ A foundation for ZK compute on Solana.
Congrats Solana and Light Protocol. It's fantastic how ZK technology is growing so rapidly.
ZK compression is live on Solana mainnet
— Solana (@solana) September 18, 2024
1000x cost savings for Solana developerspic.twitter.com/ryVejjXIhq
Privado ID and Disco.xyz will merge to launch the Unified Identity Protocol. ✅
It can lower the cost of trust across industries and revolutionize how users and organizations interact in the connected world. 👀
Congratulations on this initiative!
BREAKING NEWS: Privado ID merges with Disco! 🥁🥳
— Privado ID (formerly Polygon ID) (@PrivadoID) September 19, 2024
Disco founder Evin McMullen @provenauthority and her team join forces with Privado ID to launch Unified Identity across blockchains and legacy systems
Welcome @provenauthority and Disco team! 👋
[A Thread🧵] pic.twitter.com/iEIfcsLopZ
Aleo Mainnet is live!
This is the product of years of work and represents numerous innovations that reflect the learnings from previous testnets.
Get ready to address real-world problems like Secure Identity Verification, Trust-Minimized Oracle Infrastructure, and more.
wen mainnet? now.
— Aleo ➡️ Devcon 🇹🇭 (@AleoHQ) September 18, 2024
Pretty special episode of The Rollup featuring a fantastic debate: ZKVM or ZK Circuits? 📢
Participants included:
✅ Uma Roy of Succinct Labs.
✅ Vanishree Rao of Fermah.
ZK enthusiasts, you won't want to miss this!
DEBATE: ZKVMs or ZK Circuits? 🌶
— The Rollup (@therollupco) September 19, 2024
ZKVMs have made it easy for projects to integrate ZK by offering reduced time-to-market and lower engineering costs. But as applications mature, there’s a growing question: do you stick with the flexibility of ZKVMs, or do you shift toward… pic.twitter.com/QjkJiSQ1xJ
A new ZK Podcast is live! 📢
Is Cosmos Dead? This week's episode with Anna Rose and Zaki Manian delves into the Cosmos ecosystem to answer that question.
They explore key events, teams, and players who worked on Cosmos during different eras.
🎙️This week @AnnaRRose asks @zmanian the difficult question: is @cosmos actually dead? They explore key events + the key players who worked on Cosmos over the years, what went wrong, what went right and what might be next for the ecosystemhttps://t.co/YAcS5wpT9I
— Zero Knowledge Podcast (@zeroknowledgefm) September 18, 2024
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