ZK-News - 4th-12th November '24
✨ ZK-Newsflash! ✨
Here are the highlights of what happened in the ZK space from 4th to 12th November.
Discover our agenda at Devcon. 🚀
Alignoors, we're excited to share the Aligned Devcon Agenda with you.
It's packed with engaging sessions, including the participation of our co-founders:
✅ Federico Carrone on the panel “ZK x Restaking” at Lagrange’ Proof Summit.
✅ Diego Kingston on the panel “Client-side ZK: The Obvious Next Step?” at Ingonyama’s ZK Accelerate.
✅ And more!
We look forward to connecting with you.
The alignment is a real.
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) November 7, 2024
Here's where to find us during Devcon week: pic.twitter.com/b0rTqbMAAo
Justin Drake presented “The Beam Chain”, a proposed redesign of the Ethereum consensus layer. 🎉
The proposal is very interesting and aims to “snarkify” the chain, entering a new era of the Ethereum Consensus.
It is definitely an exciting change for the entire Ethereum community.
Are you ready for the transition from Beacon Chain to Beam Chain?
Announcement of an announcement!
— Justin Ðrake 🦇🔊 (@drakefjustin) November 11, 2024
Tomorrow at 5pm on the Devcon main stage I will unveil my most ambitious initiative to date. For one year I have been thinking about what a from-scratch redesign of the Ethereum consensus layer could look like. The goal is to suggest a credible…
Real world assets (RWAs) and Security Token Offering (STOs) on Mina. 💜
What if issuers and investors in the RWA and STO markets want to verify ownership, compliance, or credentials without revealing sensitive information?
Mina has the solution.
This is an impressive initiative from Mina. Congrats!
Tokenized assets are a $186B industry ... and growing
— Mina Protocol (httpz) 🪶 (@MinaProtocol) November 4, 2024
But the lack of protections for sensitive data on most blockchains could hinder adoption of STOs and RWAs.
Learn how Mina’s tech enables proofs of ownership without compromising privacy:https://t.co/wfNjloptpv
Ingonyama announced ICICLE v3.1. 💻
In an interesting blog post, Ingonyama introduced the new features in ICICLE and provided information about the next release.
Impressive work—we are eagerly awaiting further news on this front.
Congratulations to Ingonyama.
Announcing ICICLE v3.1
— Ingonyama (@Ingo_zk) November 5, 2024
More Passion, More Energy, More ZK Performance
🥶 is an acceleration library between the hardware and protocol layers of the ZK stack
Here we cover what's included in v3.1, usage examples, new features & what's coming next 👀https://t.co/frrDqZdXQv pic.twitter.com/7NoZLLFPS1
The updated Starknet Roadmap has been published. ⚡
This post details the exciting changes coming in the next few months.
An ecosystem that continues to impress. Big congrats to Starknet on these developments!
Building for the long run, adapting to short-term risks: here’s Starknet's updated roadmap.
— StarkWare 🐺🐱 (@StarkWareLtd) November 6, 2024
With Ethereum blobs demand steadily rising to significant levels, our short-term focus has shifted back to fee reduction.
Why, what, how, when 🫳https://t.co/s8g9q6Odag pic.twitter.com/lG1K2j8vOu
Gevulot announced the ZkBoost Consortium. 🎉
This consortium is set to redefine the landscape of ZK technology.
39 companies jointly building the universal API that connects all of ZK.
We are thrilled to be part of this.
Read the full announcement here.
☸️ The ZkBoost Consortium ☸️
— Gevulot (@gevulot_network) November 6, 2024
We are thrilled to announce the Governing Council of the ZkBoost Consortium. 39 companies jointly building the universal API that connects all of ZK.
The ZK Renaissance is here for 2025. Future-proofing with proving.
United. Universal. Unlimited. pic.twitter.com/VD0wrmFUZ6
Brevis introduced SpaZK: A very fast verifiable AI powered by Cross-stack ZKML Optimization. 🤯
Improving the speed of ZKML protocols is very important for real-time use, and Brevis is solving it.
Read the full announcement in the linked tweet. You'll find details about SpaZK's technology and how it provides impressive speed boosts.
🚨Introducing SpaZK: a groundbreaking step forward in zero-knowledge machine learning (ZKML) that makes verifiable AI 100X faster. Here's why this matters and what it means for the future of AI 👇
— Brevis (@brevis_zk) November 8, 2024
Why ZKML?
AI is revolutionizing industries, from finance to healthcare. But… pic.twitter.com/bUhKjBqNPP
Ingonyama shared a fantastic video explaining the Sum-check Protocol. 📢
The sum-check protocol has been very important in the design of efficient interactive proofs.
It's a useful tool, and it's great to understand how it works.
Thanks to Ingonyama for sharing it!
Curious about the Sum-check protocol?
— Ingonyama (@Ingo_zk) November 6, 2024
We made an explainer video, inspired by @3blue1brown together with @a16z 🫡
Presenting: Sum-check 101
Narrations by @yuval_domb and @samrags_ ❤️
See our previous explainer, The Magic of Zero-Knowledge Proofs in the adjoining post 👇
1/2 pic.twitter.com/pgY9GIAI5f
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