Tag: Zero-Knowledge Proofs
Thiel-Backed Cryptography Startup Lagrange Raises $13M
As EigenLayer continues to build out its core technology, Lagrange will have "a set of operators from very, very reputable groups that run our infrast [...]
Aligned Layer Raises $20M From Hack VC, DAO5, L2Iterative, FinalityCap, and Others
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Crypto Exchange OKX Goes Live With New Layer-2 Chain, Following in Footsteps of Coinbase
“We envision X Layer and other layer-2 chains as the highway infrastructure of the Web3 world, with dApps as the marketplaces and self-hosted wallets [...]
Alpen Labs Looks to Scale Bitcoin With Zero-Knowledge Proofs Using $10.6M Funding
Zero-knowledge technology allows for data to be transferred securely and quickly between parties and is used to scale blockchains through rollups. Rol [...]
Venture Firm A16z Releases Jolt, a ‘Zero-Knowledge Virtual Machine’
But that's not the only way Lazzarin thinks a16z's research initiatives can help advance the firm's bottom line. The code for Jolt has been open-sourc [...]
Ethereum Activates ‘Dencun’ Upgrade, in Landmark Move to Reduce Data Fees
“Scalability is the fundamental unlock that enables permissionless collaboration between developers across projects and teams,” said Karl Floersch to [...]
Polygon Lands First User of New ‘AggLayer,’ Inking Deal With Astar Network
Astar, a blockchain network prominent in the Japanese Web3 community, said that its Astar zkEVM will be the first network to fully integrate into Poly [...]
Taiko, an 'Ethereum-Equivalent ZK Rollup,' Raises $15M
The Taiko project, distinguished for its "based sequencing" architecture, is one of several competing for relevance among a deep field of Ethereum lay [...]
Polygon Labs, StarkWare Unveil New ZK Proof Collaboration, Just Days After STRK Airdrop
“This really is coming to play in Plonky3, which is our new proving system,” Brendan Farmer, co-founder of Polygon, said in an interview with CoinDesk [...]
What Are Zero-Knowledge Proofs?
Zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) allow crypto network users to verify the validity of a transaction without revealing details of the transaction.
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Opportunities and Challenges in the New Tech Landscape
And finally, at the top of the tech stack, we have user-interfacing applications that leverage Web3’s permissionless AI processing power (enabled by t [...]
Polygon Labs Deprecates ‘Polygon Edge,’ Used to Build Dogechain, Which Uses Dogecoin for Gas
It was pitched as a way of adding support for Ethereum-style smart contracts, which in turn could facilitate new DeFi protocols as well as NFTs; the o [...]
Chainlink Data Feeds Available on Polygon zkEVM
Developers building on Polygon’s zkEVM will be able to incorporate these data feeds into their on-chain applications.
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Cronos, Partner of Crypto.com, to Start Layer 2 Network With Matter Labs
“The Cronos zkEVM testnet represents an opportunity for Cronos Labs and our partners, including VVS, Fulcrom and Veno, to experiment with ZK layer 2 t [...]
Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Writes on ‘Enshrinement’ of ZkEVMs into Main $ETH Blockchain
Buterin's comments come as ether (ETH), the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain, has lagged behind tokens from rival blockchains as digit [...]