ZK-News - 2nd-8th September '24
✨ ZK-Newsflash! ✨
Here are the highlights of what happened in the ZK space last week, 2nd - 8th September.
We are thrilled to announce that, after months of hard work, our first product is almost ready to be launched on mainnet. 🎉
This product (Fast Mode) will provide a crucial proof verification solution for many projects.
Read on to learn more about our Roadmap for Q3-Q4.
Our first product is almost ready for mainnet!
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) September 6, 2024
Our Testnets have proven we can provide high throughput, low latency and low cost verification for several proof systems.
Fast Mode will benefit a variety of projects, reducing operational costs and go-to-market time.
Our roadmap: pic.twitter.com/PEtvMftIBk
StarkWare shared an article explaining its vision and mission. 🚀
StarkWare aims to allow everyone to interact online without the fear of being misled, monitored, or censored by technology.
Since our founding in 2018, StarkWare has been driven by a long-term vision:
— StarkWare 🐺🐱 (@StarkWareLtd) September 6, 2024
To build the integrity layer where integrity is publicly demonstrated and upheld by all.
At its core, our mission is to empower everyone to interact online without the fear of technology misleading,… pic.twitter.com/tfYP74SObs
Polygon Foundation announced that Polygon Miden Alpha Testnet v4 is Live! ⚡️
This brings:
✅ Alpha release of the Rust compiler.
✅ First release of the Miden block explorer.
✅ Basic wallet changes.
✅ And more.
Explore the tutorials and start building on the testnet today.
The Polygon Miden alpha testnet just got way better.
— Polygon Foundation (@0xPolygonFdn) September 5, 2024
Latest in v4:
◦ first version of the Rust compiler and block explorer
◦ execute customized transactions using TransactionRequests
◦ Miden Web client as crate
💡 Check out the tutorials: https://t.co/dvPdjPU0RA pic.twitter.com/Av7TSjIgsv
Ingonyama announced the release of ICICLE v3! 🥳
ICICLE is a cryptography library designed to accelerate ZKPs.
This is a major update that introduces robust multi-platform support.
For comprehensive guides and examples, visit the ICICLE Documentation and the GitHub repository.
We're excited to announce the release of ICICLE v3!
— Ingonyama (@Ingo_zk) September 4, 2024
ICICLE is a library for cryptographers, designed to accelerate ZK provers.
Our latest version includes a powerful CPU backend, extending ICICLE’s exceptional performance and user-friendly polynomial API to standard… pic.twitter.com/TwYFJ0hNYW
Ingonyama shared an introduction and tutorial on the efficient implementation of field and polynomial arithmetic within the M31 field. 🤯
This is very useful in the context of Circle STARKs.
Great work by Ingonyama!
Our M31 bag of tricks 👜
— Ingonyama (@Ingo_zk) September 3, 2024
Link to note: https://t.co/zBzibx521r
Work by @TomerSolberg & @yuval_domb
We thank the @StarknetFndn for supporting this effort pic.twitter.com/501RWEs3Rt
Get ready for another ZK Podcast! 📢
This week Anna Rose and Nicolas Mohnblatt chat with Arnaud Schenk, one of the original co-founders of Aztec and creator of the Polaris Fellowship.
They discuss programmable cryptography, trust infrastructure, and much more.
🎙️This week @AnnaRRose + @nico_mnbl speak with @_arnauds_ about the limitations of trustless systems, the needs of online communities & why we need new institutions to support our online realities. Inspired by his blog post ‘On Trust Infrastructure’ https://t.co/VOoQw10ASw
— Zero Knowledge Podcast (@zeroknowledgefm) September 8, 2024
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