ZK-News - January 20th-26th, '25
✨ ZK-Newsflash! ✨
Here are the highlights of what happened in the ZK space from January 20th to 26th, 2025.
New blog post series: Showcasing the awesome projects built during our hackathon. 💻
This series will showcase various use cases of ZK and demonstrate how Aligned can support these projects!
The first featured project is ZKGameKit, an impressive ZK gaming framework by Nishant.
Discover all the details in our post. 👇
Aligned Hackathon Spotlight: Vol. 1
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) January 21, 2025
We’re excited to kick off a series of posts highlighting the awesome projects built during our hackathon, and how they demonstrate use cases for ZK that are enabled by Aligned's Proof Verification Layer.
Starting with ZKGameKit by @npanium,… pic.twitter.com/rB5khVWNoX
Educational content: Let’s dive into ZK-SNARKs with Aligned. 🚀
We’ve just published a detailed thread breaking down ZK-SNARKs.
The thread offers a clear and accessible explanation of this groundbreaking cryptographic technology, shedding light on its potential impact on privacy and scalability in blockchain networks.
It’s incredibly useful and condenses years of research into a comprehensive format.
Let’s break down ZK-SNARKs: the secret sauce spicing up blockchain, privacy, and everything in between.
— Aligned (@alignedlayer) January 23, 2025
You’ve probably heard the term, but WTF is it really?
Let’s simplify. pic.twitter.com/ng6WWJxfnT
House of ZK has teamed up with Vanishree Rao to launch an in-depth video series on ZK! 📣
With 15+ years of experience, she’s the perfect guide to making zero-knowledge accessible for developers at every level.
Let's dive into this rapidly evolving tech!
House of ZK has teamed-up with the incredible @vanishree_rao - a cryptography veteran of 15+ years and founder of @fermah_xyz - to bring you a comprehensive video series designed to make ZK as intuitive as possible 🤝
— House of ZK (@HouseofZK) January 22, 2025
The goal? To help any developer understand ZK well enough to… pic.twitter.com/NvJgPTYITK
Exciting times ahead for ZKsync: They just unveiled their 2025 roadmap. 🎉
ZKsync is pushing the envelope with ambitious goals for the ZK Stack, including: simplifying developer experience, enabling web2-like user experiences, and more.
Check out the full announcement in the linked tweet.
ZK is the Endgame, and ZKsync is dedicated to creating the path to true scale by ensuring that Ethereum remains a foundation for global innovation, collaboration, and freedom. pic.twitter.com/au9t3SntTr
— ZKsync (∎, ∆) (@zksync) January 22, 2025
Introducing Twist and Shout. 🤯
A notable paper by Justin Thaler & Srinath Setty presents two new memory-checking arguments to supercharge the Jolt zkVM.
In Justin Thaler’s post, he describes their implications for zkVM design and SNARKs more generally.
Congratulations to the authors.
1/ We just unveiled Twist and Shout, two new memory-checking arguments designed to supercharge the Jolt zkVM.
— Justin Thaler (@SuccinctJT) January 23, 2025
Expect ~3x end-to-end prover speedups (on top of 2x improvements that are already in progress), plus shorter proofs.
Full post: https://t.co/S22ayBQG7W
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