ZK-News - 24th-30th June '24
✨ ZK-Newsflash! ✨
Here are the highlights of what happened in the ZK space last week, 24th - 30th June.
We are excited to announce our Aligned Bounty Program at Lambda Hack Week 2. ✨
The second Lambda Hack Week is almost here, and we are offering a prize pool for projects building with Aligned.
The possibilities are endless: ZK Oracles, fast bridges, and more.
💰BOUNTY HUNTERS!!!💰
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) June 27, 2024
The @class_lambda hack week is nearly upon us, and as well as all of our sponsors, Aligned is giving cash prizes to the best projects building with our decentralized ZK-verification layer. ✅
We are awarding bounties in the following categories:
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A reminder from our partner Polygon of our co-hosted event in Brussels. ✅
Polygon <> Aligned Co-Working Space!
An incredible opportunity for networking and learning.
Remember the date: July 7 - 9th.
brussels, let’s run it back
— Polygon | Aggregated (@0xPolygon) June 25, 2024
~ coworking, demos, whiteboarding, technical sessions, and mooooore with @alignedlayer ~
july 07 - 09
rsvp belowhttps://t.co/MkPScjZqAU
X Layer posted detailed info about how they optimized Polygon zkEVM Prover for GPU Acceleration. 🖥️
Critical components like profiling, NTT, and Merkle Tree enhancements were improved, along with data transfer acceleration through pinned memory and CUDA streams.
1/5 📢 X Layer optimizes the @0xPolygon CDK Prover using the GPU's multi-core parallel computing capabilities. By handling the prover's computational tasks with the GPU, the ZK-proof performance has been improved by 150%. #XLayer pic.twitter.com/iitv8TPWgu
— X Layer (@XLayerOfficial) June 21, 2024
ZK explained succinctly, by Uma Roy of Succinct Labs. 📒
This video explains how powerful it is that one individual can generate proofs and various participants can efficiently verify them.
Watch to find out why ZK is the perfect partner for blockchain scalability.
Why ZK will be as important as blockchain, explained in < 2 minutes. pic.twitter.com/vo21ifGSdj
— Succinct (@SuccinctLabs) June 25, 2024
L2BEAT introduced the ZK Catalog! 📗
This page aggregates information about source code verification of ZK programs and aims to standardize practices wherever possible.
It also provides detailed information on the proof system architectures of the listed projects.
Excited to launch the ZK Catalog, an initiative that kickstarts ZK circuit verification in blockchain projects.
— L2BEAT 💗 (@l2beat) June 25, 2024
This marks the start of a wider initiative aimed at boosting transparency and trust in Zero-Knowledge systems. pic.twitter.com/3dlZoVZcFY
Justin Drake and James Gaps announced the grantees for the first collaborative ZK grant round with Aztec, Polygon, Scroll, Taiko, and ZKsync. 📢
Congratulations to the winners!
The collaborative ZK grant round by @ethereum and leading Ethereum L2s has concluded! 🎉
— Taiko 🥁 (@taikoxyz) June 25, 2024
Join us today for a space hosted by @drakefjustin and @james_gaps to announce the grant winners: https://t.co/WvFoJy47WL.
Immutable zkEVM Mainnet Early Access is Live! ✅
Currently in early access mode, Immutable zkEVM will only allow select game studios and partners to deploy custom smart contracts at launch.
Immutable zkEVM Mainnet Early Access is live!
— Immutable (@Immutable) January 29, 2024
The future of gaming is here with the launch of Immutable zkEVM Mainnet, powered by @0xPolygon.
Immutable zkEVM is an ecosystem that empowers games to thrive. It offers massive scalability, smart contract compatibility, and gas-free… pic.twitter.com/zSrUOwnsQo
Union Public Testnet is Live! ⭐️
Users can play a key role in the development of modular interoperability and test the Union network ahead of its mainnet launch.
Congrats to Union!
A new era of ZK-powered interop is here.
— Union (@union_build) June 26, 2024
Union Public Testnet is LIVE: https://t.co/FoRLvUjzDj
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Another great ZK Podcast! 📢
Anna Rose and Nicolas Mohnblatt chat with Alessandro Chiesa and Eylon Yogev about their new book, Building Cryptographic Proofs from Hash Functions.
Valuable insights.
🎙️This week @annarrose and @nico_mnbl catch up with Alessandro Chiesa and Eylon Yogev to discuss their recent publication Building Cryptographic Proofs from Hash Functions
— Zero Knowledge Podcast (@zeroknowledgefm) June 26, 2024
listen in full here 👇https://t.co/xtgs14vrKJ
We co-hosted a X Space with our partner Swell where we discussed ‘Accelerating Ethereum with ZK-proofs and restaking’ with two more of our partners Brevis and Rádius!
Missed the event? Listen to the recording here! 🎧
— Swell (@swellnetworkio) June 26, 2024
The ZK Hack Meetup in Brussels is just around the corner! 🥳
We're proud to be sponsoring this event.
Mark your calendars for July 9th!
Details below.
We wanna say a big thank you to all the partners that support our ZK Hack Meetup in Brussels (July 9):
— ZK Hack (@__zkhack__) June 25, 2024
Our Top Sponsors @0xPolygon, @RiscZero, @Starknet, @SuccinctLabs and our Based Sponsors @brevis_zk, @lagrangedev, @alignedlayer.
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(Event may differ from the picture) 😅 pic.twitter.com/viG9itK8L6
Another high quality episode from The Rollup! 🚀
Here Avi Zurlo, CPO of =nil; Foundation, discusses why zkSharding could be the best path forward for @ethereum scaling, providing more details about its roadmap, discussing the sovereignty vs interoperability debate, & more!
Is sharding the path to achieving maximum scale?
— The Rollup (@therollupco) June 25, 2024
The evolution of Ethereum scaling has involved a divergent path of sharding and rollup-centric scaling.
In today's technical pod, we sat down with @avizurlo of @nil_foundation to discuss the concept of zkSharding, the sovereignty… pic.twitter.com/vZPkxm2BwN
Jarrod Watts, developer relations engineer at Polygon, shared an highly educational video about how you can create a ZK-EVM L2 blockchain. 🔎
The video covers everything from a conceptual understanding to details on building each of the components.
I'm excited to finally release my "ULTIMATE Guide to the Polygon CDK" tutorial.
— Jarrod Watts (@jarrodWattsDev) June 26, 2024
A 2-hour video covering:
◆ Concepts & architecture of layer 2 chains
◆ Intro to the Polygon Chain Development Kit
◆ How to build your own ZK-EVM L2 testnet
→ https://t.co/DwVCb0NmQb pic.twitter.com/ZeMCG47Y0y
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