ZK-News - 30th September-6th October '24

β¨ ZK-Newsflash! β¨
Here are the highlights of what happened in the ZK space last week, 30th September - 6th October.
Alignoors, weβre very excited to have announced our 29th Partnership: Fermah. π
Weβre building complementary pieces of infrastructure that will help bring the world closer to ZK.
β Fermah generates proofs.
β Aligned verifies them.
Definitely, Fermah is aligned.
Stay tuned for more details about this partnership very soon.
Weβre excited to announce our partnership with Fermah to offer developers the cheapest and easiest way to use ZK, from proving to verification.@fermah_xyz is aligned β
β Aligned (@alignedlayer) October 2, 2024
[Aligned Partnership: 29] pic.twitter.com/v5MGk9eo6p
StarkWare shared its long-term mission and values in an amazing video by its CEO Eli Ben-Sasson. β‘οΈ
The video provides a comprehensive overview of the blockchain landscape, offering insights into its past, present, and future.
It helps address fundamental questions about the technology's trajectory and its potential impact.
This vision, where innovation and integrity play key roles, is truly inspiring.
Scaling with integrity, innovating for the long run.
β StarkWare πΊπ± (@StarkWareLtd) October 2, 2024
Discover the values and mission of StarkWare with none other than @EliBenSasson, CEO of StarkWare π«³ pic.twitter.com/OxZQWfRVX2
Attention builders and users, Kakarot is moving to Starknet Sepolia! π₯
In the coming days, Kakarot Sepolia will be deprecated in favor of Kakarot Starknet Sepolia.
This marks another step forward on the path to mainnet.
Read the full announcement here π
π₯π₯ Kakarot Testnet is Moving to Starknet Sepolia in 7 Days!
β Kakarot ZK-EVM (@KakarotZkEvm) October 3, 2024
π± We are transplanting our testnet onto Starknet Sepolia. This a critical step on our journey to bring EVM support to Starknet L2, thus making it a MultiVM ZK-rollup. π§΅π
TL;DR, as weβre entering our Final Testnetβ¦ pic.twitter.com/ClurrYUDXX
Dive into the world of ZK with an amazing conversation between Nader Dabit from EigenLayer and Vanishree Rao, founder of Fermah. π’
This conversation provides details about the potential of ZK, the challenges that need to be overcome, building a marketplace for ZK proof generation, and many more.
We are proud to have recently announced a partnership with Fermah and are excited about what we can do together.
Building a marketplace for ZK proof generation with @fermah_xyz featuring @vanishree_rao https://t.co/d8meiQPoVO
β EigenLayer (@eigenlayer) October 4, 2024
Conduit is teaming up with Succinct Labs to bring ZKPs to the OP Stack. βοΈ
Want to launch an OP Stack chain with ZK proofs or convert an existing chain into a ZK rollup? Reach out to them!
This partnership is very interesting and will definitely boost ZK to a new level.
BREAKING: OP Succinct Lands on @conduitxyz pic.twitter.com/EHs4jfYr1f
β Succinct (@SuccinctLabs) October 2, 2024
Union announced its Trusted Setup Ceremony. π
This is an important step on Unionβs road to mainnet.
In the linked tweet you have more information, including an X Space with more details about it.
We congratulate Union on this exciting advancement!
It takes just one honest contributor.
β Union (@union_build) October 2, 2024
Union's Trusted Setup Ceremony has begun. 𧡠pic.twitter.com/g59HxiNGnC
A new ZK Podcast, featuring Zac Williamsonβ & Ariel Gabizon from Aztec, is now out! π’
Listen to learn about:
β MegaPlonk.
β IVC.
β ProtoGalaxy.
β And more.
An episode packed with information that ZK enthusiasts will love.
This week @AnnaRRose catches up w @Zac_Aztec + @rel_zeta_tech. Zac shares updates on @Aztec & their underlying system: Megaplonk, Ariel shares his research direction since being IVC pilled last year and how this led him to working with Zac again! https://t.co/vE4AQIJU6J
β Zero Knowledge Podcast (@zeroknowledgefm) October 2, 2024
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