Tag: Zero knowledge
Optimism Finally Starts Testing ‘Fault Proofs’ at Heart of Design – and of Criticism
Optimism and similar rollups aim to borrow their security from Ethereum, meaning recording transactions should be tantamount to writing transactions d [...]
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 [...]
StarkWare Plans New ‘Stwo’ Cryptographic Prover for Cheaper Transactions
A prover is a key component for layer-2s, since they generate proofs that are then posted to the base layer blockchain – a crucial process in linking [...]
Avail, an Ethereum Data Network to Rival Celestia, Raises $27M In Seed Round
The funds will be used to build out its three core products, "Avail DA," "Nexus," and "Fusion Security."
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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 [...]
The Year Blockchain Revolutionizes Traditional Asset Management with zkEVM and Institutional-Scale Liquidity Aggregation
The zkEVM, which is capable of performing smart contract transactions within a zero-proof environment, has firmly established itself in blockchain inf [...]
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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Ethereum’s Layer-2 Expansion, Rise of Zero-Knowledge Cryptography, and Bitcoin’s New Frontier in Tokenization, Smart Contracts, and File Hosting
LAYER 2'S EVERYWHERE: In last week's The Protocol, we dedicated a not-inconsiderable quantity of ink to the fast-growing list of new "layer 2" blockch [...]
Cryptocurrency Exchange OKX Coming Out With Layer 2 ‘X1’ Built on Polygon Technology
Polygon’s CDK is currently in the mix for consideration for Kraken’s layer 2, according to people familiar with the matter, but Polygon Labs Chief Exe [...]
Nil Foundation Plans New Ethereum Rollup With Zero-Knowledge Proofs, Sharding
The foundation claims that this will be the first ZK rollup that enables sharding, combining two popular scaling technologies.
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Crypto Venture Funds Variant, 1kx Lead $6M Funding Round for ZK-Meets-AI Startup Modulus
The round was led by Variant and 1kx, and includes participation from Inflection, Bankless, Stanford and others. Angel investors include names in the [...]