ZK-News - 23rd-29th September '24
✨ ZK-Newsflash! ✨
Here are the highlights of what happened in the ZK space last week, 23rd - 29th September.
Alignoors, the Aligned Builders Hackathon has arrived! 🎉
Join our virtual hackathon and win up to $50,000 in prizes.
Among project ideas, we have:
✅ DeFi.
✅ Gaming.
✅ Infrastructure.
We're excited to see cool new ZK apps that can be built on Aligned.
Announcing: Aligned Builders Hackathon!
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) September 29, 2024
Our first virtual hackathon has up to $50,000 in prizes for novel apps using Aligned’s ZK verification layer.
The Aligned Builders Hackathon is the first stage of Aligned’s upcoming mainnet incentives program which will reward developers,… pic.twitter.com/FNmw5kxLZF
Mina announced that they are hosting MinaCon in Istanbul. 💜
It’s a three-day ‘unconference’, a fantastic event with no central control over the agenda, but small group discussions, and hands-on sessions.
The Mina community stays winning 💪
MinaCon is ON❗️
— Mina Protocol (httpz) 🪶 (@MinaProtocol) September 27, 2024
MinaCon is a 3-day unconference in Istanbul 🇹🇷 that will bring together some of the brightest minds from the Mina ecosystem to unblock challenges and chart the way forward for a post-ZK world.
Participants will create and attend sessions based on their… pic.twitter.com/1AZlqfil8k
Ingonyama posted an amazing article: Solving reproducibility challenges in Deep Learning and LLMs. 🍎
They shared their journey toward ensuring the reproducibility of AI on different hardware devices.
This is a big step towards Verifiable AI. 🤖
Incredible work!
Solving Reproducibility Challenges in Deep Learning and LLMs: Our Journey
— Ingonyama (@Ingo_zk) September 23, 2024
Machine learning is often non-deterministic, meaning the same training or inference on identical input can yield different results.
Our latest blog dives deep into how we optimized frameworks like PyTorch… pic.twitter.com/jMzI3MmaR9
Citrea Public Testnet goes Live on Bitcoin Testnet4. ⚡️
This is a significant milestone on its journey to the Citrea mainnet.
Read the full announcement here 👇
The only rollup solution to expand Bitcoin’s utility and freedom is here.
— Citrea (@citrea_xyz) September 24, 2024
Bitcoin blockspace is now open to EVM developers for a new decentralized financial era.
Citrea Public Testnet is LIVE on Bitcoin Testnet4 - https://t.co/egi2WwLZuW
1/7 pic.twitter.com/7UzRNlgJup
Taiko shared an awesome article explaining Binius. 🧠
It covers the basics, including a description of the SNARKs landscape, a detailed explanation of Binary Fields, and other key concepts.
Great resource if you like math and are interested in learning more about ZK.
Binius: Surfing on Binary Fields 🏄🏻♂️
— Taiko 🥁 (@taikoxyz) September 24, 2024
This deep dive explores how binary fields fit into the world of SNARKs. From the simple {0,1} to complex towering structures.
Here is the summary🧵
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Another fantastic ZK Podcast is now available! 📢
This week Anna Rose and Nicolas Mohnblatt chat with Lukas Helminger and Ais Connolly from TACEO.
They discuss Collaborative SNARKs (coSNARKs).
How they are created and possible applications.
🎙️This week @AnnaRRose + @nico_mnbl chat with @luhelminger and @aisconnolly from @TACEO_IO. Starting with their early research in privacy preserving technologies, they cover the work being done by TACEO and specifically their recent work on coSNARKs - or Collaborative SNARKs -…
— Zero Knowledge Podcast (@zeroknowledgefm) September 27, 2024
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