ZK-News - 28th October-3rd November '24

✨ ZK-Newsflash! ✨
Here are the highlights of what happened in the ZK space last week, 28th October - 3rd November.
The Aligned Partnerships Recap is out! 🚀
Alignoors, we're thrilled to share our Partnerships recap.
30 projects are fully aligned.
The journey is incredibly exciting. It's a privilege to share this path with them.
Check them all out in the linked tweet.
30 projects in the ecosystem—all fully aligned.
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) November 1, 2024
Aligned’s ecosystem now stands strong with 30 partners. Each partnership underscores the depth and versatility of our decentralized ZK verification layer.
Let's dive into the sectors where our partners are shaping the foundation… pic.twitter.com/FfPzj7BuY5
StarkWare shared an amazing Hackathon: AI Winter is Coming! 💻
Would you like to bring Brian to the Starknet users?
Read the full announcement here for all the details.
Amazing initiative!
🚨 ATTENTION GIGABRAINS: "AI WINTER IS COMING" HACKATHON IS HERE 🧠
— StarkWare 🐺🐱 (@StarkWareLtd) November 1, 2024
anons... this is the one you've been waiting for
WHAT'S COOKING:
- AI agents that'll melt faces
- Intent-based tx solutions
- In-app assistants
- Brian API @BrianknowsAI x Starknet tech integration
- Unrug… pic.twitter.com/omEygd5hwC
Zero-Knowledge Machine Learning on the Mina Protocol. 💜
This post provides valuable information about how AI can operate in decentralized environments.
By leveraging ZK technology, we can turn decentralized AI into a practical reality.
Mina aims to enable developers to build ZKML applications that can run across multiple platforms.
This initiative holds tremendous promise and demonstrates the Mina team's commitment to innovation.
The future of decentralized AI is ZK.
— Mina Protocol (httpz) 🪶 (@MinaProtocol) October 29, 2024
Zero-knowledge Machine Learning (ZKML) allows AI models to function on-chain with full privacy and verification, opening new doors for decentralized applications.
Learn more about Mina’s upcoming ZKML library:https://t.co/soJrLzgyWA
LayerEdge announces Devnet, bringing Bitcoin and zero-knowledge technology closer together. ⚡
This Devnet represents an interesting development towards enabling cost-effective ZK proof verification on Bitcoin.
Read the full announcement to see how much cost reduction you can expect. It also includes an illustrative FAQ.
Congratulations to the team!
1/7 After months of dedicated development, LayerEdge Devnet is now live! This represents a significant milestone in our work towards enabling cost-efficient zero-knowledge (ZK) proof verification on Bitcoin.
— LayerEdge (Devnet Live) (@layeredge) November 1, 2024
Read Announcement: https://t.co/wLunSbLhin pic.twitter.com/cXvnq86JLE
Introducing SXT Chain, a blockchain for ZK-proven data, by Space and Time. 🎉
Space and Time is welcoming devs, community members, and node operators to participate in the testnet.
Join if you want to build amazing things, share your insights, and shape the future of SXT Chain!
Introducing SXT Chain.
— Space and Time (@SpaceandTimeDB) October 30, 2024
Build the future of AI apps and DeFi with SXT: the blockchain for ZK-proven data.
Now live in testnet. pic.twitter.com/V4ypZrzQWe
Irreducible made FRI-Binius proofs smaller and faster! 🤯
It's incredible to see the progress this team is making, improving every day.
We can only congratulate them for the tremendous work they are doing, enabling so many improvements and optimizations.
We made FRI-Binius proofs smaller and faster, again!
— Irreducible (@IrreducibleHW) October 29, 2024
Last week we published an update to the FRI-Binius paper that improves our ring-switching technique for small-field polynomial commitments.https://t.co/aHZl8wmsys
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