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@julieblue917
@BradGeyer
Funny cause every prison is like this or worse, where’s your outrage been?
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Hey everyone! Difficult days. Mental health is very difficult some days/months/years etc.
Please keep working with the amazing team
@RiscZero
they are brilliant and passionate. And reach out and support them if you’re close. This had been hard on them too. Mostly keep building…
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@JZumbrunnen
@julieblue917
@BradGeyer
Lolololol 70% of rikers are people in pretrial detention. Most of them are black though so I guess it’s cool?
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Just swapped my last $BTC for $ETH, not sure what that makes me exactly, other than bullish on $ETH long term
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So amazed and proud of the team.
@risczeo
We did it! Eth proofs with very little custom code.
Standing on the shoulders of giants for sure
@EliBenSasson
@jbaylina
@bobbinth
@VitalikButerin
@gluk64
Huge thanks to our capital partners, especially
@BainCapCrypto
and…
Introducing Zeth: A Fully Open Source Type 0 zkEVM 🚀
Built on the RISC Zero zkVM and Bonsai, Zeth is a performant, upgradable, and scalable way for developers to ZK prove any Ethereum block ushering in the next generation of ZK and EVM
🧵 1/8 Learn More Below!
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This was a great panel! Excellent answers all around but
@gluk64
’s answers really stood out.
@zksync
is doing some very thoughtful work.
Security From Protocol Level? 🤔
What a wonderful discussion will happen between:
@isqueeniee
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@IOSGVC
@gluk64
-
@zksync
@yezhang1998
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@Scroll_ZKP
@finestonematt
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@Taiko
@nemothenoone
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@nil_foundation
@BrianRetford
-
@RiscZero
Register 👀👀
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I’m proud to be in our nation’s capital representing
@RiscZero
and our industry along with 45 other founders
@standwithcrypto
.
We need Congress to act and provide the clarity necessary to keep innovation in America.
#StandWithCrypto
#FIT21
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@JZumbrunnen
@julieblue917
@BradGeyer
Was when? Had never been. So I assume you were at all the BLM protest?
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I’m very grateful for the opportunity to keep pushing the envelope of what can be done with cryptography, and for all of the incredible team
@blockchaincap
. Onwards!
We're thrilled to announce that we've raised a $40 million Series A!
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Modularity is the future of blockchain technology – ZK is the backbone that will make it practical.
Bonsai,
@RiscZero
, and projects like
@sovereign_labs
make it possible for developers to write once, connect universally, run everywhere, in any modality.
Speaker:
@BrianRetford
from
@RiscZero
Talk title: Bonsai: a Verifiable & ZK Computing Platform for a Modular World
Watch here ▶️👉
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SP1 is a great accomplishment – I’m confident in our strategy and very bullish on our upcoming 1.0 launch.
Competition is good - the real winners today : everyone wanting to use ZK, blockchain writ large, and privacy and freedom lovers everywhere.
Welcome
@SuccinctLabs
👋 and congrats on SP1, an impressive accomplishment and a great signal for the future of general purpose zkVMs.
We’re focused on providing the cheapest, most scalable, and most effective platform for building and deploying ZK.
Since benchmarks against…
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I’m excited for this part of RISC zero! 0️⃣ sadly I’ll be missing it but it was for the best. Please support him. He is a badass.
I’m excited to share that I’ve stepped into the position as CEO of RISC Zero. Our success will continue to be defined by our technical excellence and ability to deliver cutting-edge, world-class technologies. I look forward to leading the company in this next phase.
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Perhaps you'd like to verify RISC Zero proofs on chain? Now you can!
RISC Zero on Ethereum? It’s happening!
Last week, we posted our first low-cost proof on Sepolia. We're excited to enable builders to make use of complex logic in on-chain applications — without ballooning gas costs.
Check the 🧵 for the full article & all the details.
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You know what's cooler than zk proving full ethereum blocks using rust code maintained by a different community? ZK proving 180 OP blocks using rust and creating a single tidy succinct proof of it all.
On
@RISCZero
of course.
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Congrats
@pumatheuma
and team! Nice to see the general purpose ZK narrative keep rising.
1/ We are excited to announce Succinct Processor 1 (SP1), our first generation, 100% open-source zkVM that proves arbitrary Rust programs.
SP1 targets an order of magnitude performance improvement vs. existing zkVMs, and is already up to 28x faster for certain programs.
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I said some things i probably shouldn’t have regarding
@a16z
. They are hyper competent and i like everyone I’ve ever met who works there.
It’s very odd to have a VC firm decline to fund your project and then staff internal competitive efforts, especially when very few people…
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Wow.
@github
is hosting Gab’s source code for their ‘free speech’ browser that lets anyone say anything in any comment forum as long as you’re running their gear.
@slpng_giants
@SwiftOnSecurity
@JuddLegum
some pressure please. No safe haven.
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Just a reminder because some people don’t seem to realize this – our core tech is and has been Apache2 licensed since day 1. We’re committed to OSS, always have been, always will be!
@chainyoda
At least for Risc0, it can be run for anyone who wanna use it since the code is all out there.
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Another month another incredible zkvm release - the latest release (0.20.1) includes proof composition so you can easily glue as many proofs together as you’d like, right from the guest!
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I’m sure it’s alright, we don’t need ZK for IoT, remote attestation and TEEs will be fine…
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Bullish, there’s so much you can do with this! Especially when combined with
@RiscZero
. Things like this:
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Very proud of my beautiful state on this front and for passing nearly universal upzoning (still managed to miss the 2 richest communities in the state…)
Washington State enacted a 7% capital gains tax levied on annual profits in excess of $250,000, and made a *fortune*, $600m more than projected in the first year, despite a 25% drop in the stock market and blistering
#InterestRate
hikes:
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It’s true that the world is vast and beautiful, also true that many people are blessed with the ability to live where they please. I still can’t imagine living anywhere else.
24/25 ski season is off to a good start
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This was a great event! Thanks
@cartesiproject
and
@EspressoSys
teams!
The first bigbrain panel at the Back to the Future Cocktail Night with
@EspressoSys
🚀
@ayyyeandy
@stskeeps
@benafisch
@BrianRetford
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#ETHDenver
has been such a whirlwind. Feeling very grateful for our (partially pictured) team
@RiscZero
!
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Don't miss this! General purpose composition makes so many previously impossible things possible.
As always we are standing on the shoulders of giants
@MinaProtocol
@StarkWareLtd
(and many others - thank you!).
Over the past few years, we've seen a Cambrian Explosion at the proof system level.
With proof composition, we're about to see a Cambrian Explosion at the zkApp level.
Want to learn more?
Join us on Wednesday for RISC Zero Study Club
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Great name!
Allow us to reintroduce ourselves...meet the native hyperscaling solution for Lens, Momoka!
Momoka is an Optimistic L3 scaling solution, that will process transactions at hyperscale, and is designed to support the next generation of web3 social users.
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We’re proud to join the
@BlockchainAssn
– there’s never been a more important time for the industry to come to together and ensure our elected leaders understand the criticality of providing a clear, pro-innovation framework for cryptocurrencies and digital assets
Along with our five-year anniversary, we celebrate another milestone – a record 114 member companies. Welcome
@Coinbase
@CoinFund
@endaomentdotorg
@hirosystems
@HorizenLabs
@the_matter_labs
@multicoincap
@NorthIslandVC
@PanteraCapital
@RiscZero
@room40xyz
@variantfund
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This was a fun conversation and deep dive into the magic of zk and Zeth, the first complete type-1 zkevm. Thanks for having us on
@BanklessHQ
!
This is how you run an ETH validator on a smartwatch ⌚️
@RiscZero
is attempting to create a zkEVM for Ethereum that will require such low compute requirements that validators could be run on smartwatches and mobile phones
What are the implications for Ethereum?
Find out 👇
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Reducing time to market, lowering capital outlay, and making the previously impossible possible is what we’re about
@RiscZero
It’s been amazing to see
@citrea_xyz
pick up the zkvm and go!
Citrea's usage of zero-knowledge is magical 🍊🍋
Citrea's proof generation mechanism is customized for Bitcoin and BitVM, balancing computational demands of proving both execution and blockspace.
We managed to build this custom environment fast & effectively with
@RiscZero
✨
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Congrats! Huge.
Thrilled to have an opportunity to work closer with the exceptional team at
@a16zcrypto
on behalf of Eigen Labs:
@alive_eth
@cdixon
@guywuolletjr
@0xMasonH
@Tim_Roughgarden
@Tim_Org
@smc90
@eddylazzarin
@jasonrosenthal
@milesjennings
One of the amazing characteristics of the…
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Great convo! Goes into detail about the future of ZK & blockchains and the trade-offs inherent in building the next version of the open internet.
Really enjoyed this conversation. Great questions, we went deep into interesting stuff. 🙏
@epicenterbtc
!
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Thanks
@anthonykrose
! So much respect for zksync and all that you are doing.
This is really exciting to see, and a tangible demo of the progress being made in ZK.
Nice job
@RiscZero
team!
Wen Doom Eternal
@BrianRetford
? :)
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@calley_john
@ghosthardware05
@LeahFarringto14
You can probably just lie and make something up. Just need an someone to provide a reference for you. I know it probably doesn’t feel right, but employers are the ones doing the wrong thing
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The real zeth shout out goes to the awesome devs who made it happen-
@intoverflow
@hashcashier
and Wolfgang.
Shout out to our amazing speakers！And congrats to
@BrianRetford
for the brilliant Zeth！Brian will share more about Zeth at our hacker house. so hackers if you wanna build on it, come to our house！
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Congrats! Excellent name
Say hello to Boojum 👋: zkSync Era’s new high-performance proof system for radical decentralization. Boojum is an upgrade that will transition zkSync Era to a STARK-powered proof system, providing world-class performance on consumer-grade hardware.
💡 Learn more:…
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Amazing! This is such an important topic right now it's great to see this framing evolving. ZK and ZKML are our check against the robots...
Blockchains have incentivized zero-knowledge proof research, creating modern proving systems w/ smaller memory footprints and faster proving & verification times — making it possible to verify certain small machine learning algorithms on-chain.
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The amazing work of
@m0thran
,
@intoverflow
,
@clairekart
, and of course all of
@RiscZero
Every day i wake up grateful, humbled, and honored to work with our amazing team.
Thanks for the call out
@socrates1024
- There is so much more at hand for advanced cryptography in 2024!
This is a fantastic post.
Properly gives a zk proof of speedrun. The ZKP can validate a standard "demo" file like speedrunners use for tool assisted speed runs. This could plausible be used by speedrun community to hype a new strats/routes without before sharing the details
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Thanks! Very true. Every system has to make tradeoffs. We will be updating our performance numbers soon (but plonky3 :-). We are focused on experimentation, reduced time to market, and creating new frontiers.
38x is honestly better than I thought it would be :)
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I'm excited to join the Baseline Show and discuss general purpose ZK computing and how it can be used along with the Baseline specification to streamline coordination!
Tune in for the Baseline Show featuring
@RiscZero
next week!
Join us to learn all about RISC Zero and how it can be used as the execution framework for a Baseline Protocol Implementation (BPI).
🗓️ April 5 @ 12pm est / 6pm cet
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In 3 hours! Be prepared to forget everything you knew about zero-knowledge
0x32e3bf1066e3dafaaa44b173a85333ea776ada8b280142d50ea39e320513195c 👀
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@timkmak
I know I know, I don’t know why that dog is on the fridge, or why it like like a cat
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There is so much bitterness in the zk space whatever take the L move on and celebrate the Ws - what the polygon team has accomplished is dope - contribute to open benchmarking:
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Congrats! An amazing raise for an amazing team!
We're excited to announce that Taiko Labs, the core development team behind the Taiko protocol, has raised $37M in total capital across three rounds!
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Okay fine maybe I will mention other coins… I got my
@worldcoin
ID in Lisbon - I’m very excited about the project!
Finally got a
@worldcoin
ID
The power of the orb 🔮 is irresistible, and it definitely doesn't steal your soul, I promise!
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I’m fairly disappointed with the amount of non-superconductor content ATM
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This is the real FRI sauce
New paper out! We present a new data availability sampling scheme that does not require a trusted setup or public key cryptography and has polylog overheads. We establish a connection between DAS and PCPPs and instantiate it efficiently using FRI.
Paper:
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Over two decades ago i worked on a protocol at Microsoft called ‘trustbridge’ - this is a real trust bridge - one that honors the idea of least authority, and protects user privacy while porting your identity into a new trust domain. So much possibility.
Our latest demo, built using the RISC Zero zkVM, unlocks identity for Web3:
✅ Prove & mint your identity as a soulbound NFT
✅ Maintain on-chain privacy, stay compliant
✅ Links Web2 authentication with Web3 for easy implementation
Start building ▶️
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Amazing work by the zkPoEx team! Built on
@RiscZero
!
The judges have returned!
Here are the results 👀
Fund PG - Beautiful & simple 🔥
Swappy - Will definitely be using this!
zkPoEX - Well done! 🔥
BaZaark! - Its the future!
Sesame - Great product, fits the use case 😎
#ETHDenver
🦄
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@realSidhuJag
@RolluxL2
@syscoin
@RiscZero
Love the vision! ZKVM parallelism is :chefskiss: for sure. Let’s chat (DM me!)
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People often ask me where the demand on the zk side is going to come from - it’s coming you just gotta believe, man…
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TLV airport - coming in last place for business friendliness but strong 1st for duty free power tool selection!
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Excited (as always) to be involved with
@__zkhack__
!
Even more excited to share more and answer questions about
@RiscZero
’s groundbreaking zkvm.
In 2 hours we are going live with ZK Hack IV session
#2
⏰⏰⏰
It will feature
@iryna_it09
,
@BrianRetford
and the ZKVM from
@RiscZero
😉👀💻
If you did not register yet, fret not – there’s still time to save your spot and join us!
👇👇👇
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Congrats
@shumochu
! Well earned
We are stoked to announce that we have closed pre-seed/seed founding rounds from
@nascentxyz
@BanklessVC
with participation from
@a16zcrypto
CSX,
@daedalus_angels
,
@Dialectic_Group
, and
@publicworksfm
and many builders that we respect.
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I just rewatched 2001 : A Space Odyssey
Bizarre, brilliant, visual masterpiece, what else? The technological reliance induced paranoia of HAL hit a bit different this time around. I still can’t believe it was made in 1968.
A fitting bookend for a very heady week (thanks…
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Things I’m never doing again: mentioning any coin in any post ever 😅
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L F G
The Future of Verifiable Computation Is Coming
We're launching R0 zkVM 1.0, the world's first production-ready general purpose zkVM, to enable a future where you can prove anything and verify everywhere.
A future where zero knowledge is universal.
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This is a great episode! Want to learn more about Zeth from
@RiscZero
? Get the low down from the mad geniuses behind the scenes
@intoverflow
@hashcashier
and
@welzwo
.
Strange Water Episode 22: The Next Frontier: Trustless Compute
@intoverflow
,
@hashcashier
and Wolfgang Welz from
@RiscZero
share the details of the biggest step-change to
@ethereum
since The Merge: The zero-knowledge VM.
The future is here. Today.
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Nice work!
It's official:
Polygon zkEVM mainnet will be launched on March 27th! 🔥
After more than a year of intense and inspiring research, development and testing, we are incredibly proud to launch the FIRST EVER zkEVM mainnet!
Join us on this day to celebrate the future of scaling! 💫
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NC clauses are bullshit in the vast majority of cases, we don’t include them
@RiscZero
Probability of a lawsuit between Citadel and the NLRB within the next decade >75%?
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Oh did i not mention that Citrea uses
@RiscZero
? It does :)
ZK + Bitcoin = ⚡ 🟠 🔒
The Bitcoin Renaissance is here and we’re proud to be the ‘ZK’ behind Bitcoin’s first ZK Rollup ✨
Addressing Bitcoin’s scaling challenges, while ensuring on-chain verifiability and data availability, has been the holy grail of Bitcoin development for…
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So proud
Prove anything, verify everywhere
@RiscZero
's zkVM 1.0 release will unlock :
🟡 verifiable compute across multiple ecosystems
🟡 up to 90% gas savings
🟡 unbounded computation
🟡 accessible Rust support
🟡 go to market for zk dapps in days
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In addition to
@StarkWareLtd
and
@EliBenSasson
‘s dedication to the space and the math you have to appreciate their dedication to schematic naming conventions, even if you can’t pronounce them 😜
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Waiting for this phase in crypto marketing
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@KhProgressive
@Davelennonabc
Also:
They are contemporaneous notes from people in the room. From the National archives I believe
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Finally somebody talks some sense. Just because blockchain is a cult doesn’t mean algorithms need to be. Right?
the more time I've spent on proof of stake, the more I've come to appreciate many aspects of proof of work
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We will stay at the edge of what’s possible with ZK - check out how simple bridging RWIs can be…
Our latest demo, built using the RISC Zero zkVM, unlocks identity for Web3:
✅ Prove & mint your identity as a soulbound NFT
✅ Maintain on-chain privacy, stay compliant
✅ Links Web2 authentication with Web3 for easy implementation
Start building ▶️
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EVM 🤝 BTC
1/7 Today, Bitcoin’s First ZK Rollup comes out of stealth. Introducing Citrea 🍊🍋
Citrea is the first rollup that enhances the capabilities of Bitcoin blockspace with zero knowledge technology.
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I think this is bullish for crypto games -
Studios want more control and lower fees so they are rebuilding tiny steam clones.
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This was a really great conversation!
New Podcast🎙
@RiscZero
's
@BrianRetford
: Zero Knowledge Returns Trust To The World and Interplay of ZK and AI
Brian is a gigabrain and his views on returning trust to the world through ZK tech is evolutionary
Spotify:
Apple:
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Amazing, can’t wait to hack RISC Zero <> Worldcoin
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Amazing work by an amazing team!
ZK rollups are the future of blockchain applications. And now, anyone can build one.
Introducing the alpha release of Sovereign SDK, a toolkit for developers to easily launch their applications as zk-rollups.
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So far Slovenia is not disappointing as a post-Paris vacation. Great food and wine, friendly people, enticing mountains
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Cryptotwitter is so spicy ATM no need for hot sauce with breakfast this AM
To the extent that anyone might deem SNARKs that use elliptic curves as having 0 bits of security, StarkEx is also at 0 bits of security today due its use of ECDSA signatures, as is its L1, Ethereum. (3/3)
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@Zac_Aztec
Crutches are crutches for weak people who don’t want to solve hard problems. Fight me! Oh wait you can’t your leg is broken 😞
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So cool!
been experimenting with the early bonsai network from
@RiscZero
(disclaimer,
@__geometry__
is an investor)
with the foundry template available on you can:
* write your own zkprocessor, in rust
* offload requests to this coprocessor, on ethereum
..
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