Zero-Knowledge Proofs
Ethereum’s Layer 2 Teams Want You to Clone Their Code
By making their code open source and easy to replicate, projects including Arbitrum, Optimism and zkSync are making it easier for copycat blockchains to steal away their users – in pursuit of broader ecosystems of related networks.
Polygon Proposes POS Chain To Become ZK Compatible
In a pre-proposal discussion post, Polygon co-founder Mihailo Bjelic argues why the mainchain should go through a major upgrade.
Zuzalu Is 2 Months in Montenegro With Crypto Elites, Cold Plunges, Vitalik Selfies
This invite-only gathering of 200 people in the Mediterranean marina town of Lustica Bay has been taking place since late March and wraps up this week, featuring official sessions on zero-knowledge cryptography, twice-a-day jumps into the Adriatic Sea and the chance to get face time with Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin.
ZK Startup Lagrange Labs Raises $4M to Build Secure DeFi Interoperability
The round was led by investment firm 1kx and included contributions from Maven11, Lattice Fund, CMT Digital, Daedalus Angels
Blockchain Developer Platform Alchemy Launches Public Support for ZK Rollup Starknet
The blockchain is the first with native account abstraction that the Web3 developer platform offers, allowing developers to build applications with Alchemy’s infrastructure on Starknet.
How the Hunt for Yet-to-Exist Tokens Is Shaping Ethereum’s Layer 2 Landscape
Token airdrops – and the prospect of them – have become the default customer acquisition strategy for Ethereum's layer 2 scaling projects. But is this strategy sustainable?
Ava Labs CEO Calls for Crypto Regulators Who Can Read and Audit Code
Emin Gün Sirer, whose company developed the Avalanche (AVAX) layer-1 blockchain, addressed the annual Cornell Blockchain conference on New York City’s Roosevelt Island.
1inch, Aggregator of Decentralized Crypto Exchanges, to Launch on Ethereum Rollup zkSync Era
The company, which nabbed $175 million in a 2021 series B funding round, is one of the biggest protocols yet to launch on a zero-knowledge EVM.
Scroll Aims to Be the Turtle That Wins the Ethereum Scaling Race
This decentralized, global team of developers is ignoring the urge to be the first to scale Ethereum. For its holistic approach to building broadly and transparently, Scroll is one of CoinDesk’s Projects to Watch 2023.
ZeroSync and Blockstream to Broadcast Bitcoin Zero-Knowledge Proofs From Space
The partners say using zero-knowledge proofs will allow Bitcoin nodes to sync quickly from anywhere on earth, “even without Internet.”
