Great 🧵 from Head of Community
@WillCove
httpz is our vision for a decentralized, verifiable internet underpinned by blockchain and zero knowledge tech — with
@MinaProtocol
as the universal proof layer underneath.
Announcing the launch of the Mina Online Swag Store! The shop is stocked with official Mina-branded apparel and items, made exclusively for the
#MinaCommunity
.
Let’s celebrate with a
#giveaway
! [1/5] 🧵
Our hearts are with all those affected by the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
The Mina Foundation is contributing to disaster relief efforts. Please consider doing the same ⬇️👇
We are incredibly excited to introduce the
#MinaCommunity
to
@khem
, COO of Mina Foundation.
Learn more about Kurt’s past experiences and why he decided to join Mina Foundation here 🧵
The Mina Foundation has shared the Q1 2022 Transparency Report. 📊
It includes key platform and decentralization metrics, such as those related to the delegation program, protocol development and MINA tokens.
Read more ➡️
We are thrilled to announce that Marco Di Maggio has joined the Mina Foundation board, bringing his experience as Director of Harvard's Fintech, Crypto and Web3 Lab to the Mina Ecosystem.
Mina Foundation welcomes developers from recently impacted ecosystems to join Mina's growing builder community. We are heads down building no matter the market & have grants available to support your project. Please reach out to build
@minaprotocol
.com with interest or questions.
The
@MinaFoundation
delegates to
#MinaCommunity
members via a Delegation Program to ensure further decentralization of the protocol.
Here the program’s committee shares its plans to be implemented over the next few months. 👇
#ZeroKnowledge
is becoming widely recognized as a key to bringing blockchain to everyday people.
We surveyed the crypto community to understand their views on the tech & what it means for the future.
Here are 4 things you should know.🧵
The
@MinaProtocol
ecosystem continues to grow with the rise of
#ZK
tech
✅ 135K+ on-chain accounts
✅ 4,500+ Github commits
✅ MIP
#1
vote
✅ 16M tokens awarded in grants
Read more in our annual Transparency Report for 2022 →
The Mina Foundation Board appoints Kurt Hemecker (
@khem
) as CEO to champion adoption of
@MinaProtocol
’s ZK tech.
Kurt, previously COO, brings two decades of business development experience from major players including
@DiemAssociation
and
@PayPal
.
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Web3 depends on the successful launch, management and growth of ENGAGED communities, but this is also one of the hardest things to do. So, how do you do it?
Here are 5 things to strive for 👇
A 🧵(1/7)
Full blog:
#community
#web3
#dapps
Mina is
#PoweredbyParticipants
thanks to the global community actively contributing through tools, tech support, community-building, & more.
After 200+ nominations, today we award over 40k MINA tokens & $20k USDC to some key contributors from Q1 2022👇
The Q2 2022 Mina Foundation Transparency Report is here. 📊
It includes key platform metrics, protocol developments, and token information.
Learn more ➡️
Last year, we surveyed the crypto community to understand their views on
#ZK
tech and shared our findings in the first-ever State of Zero Knowledge report.
Now, we need your help again to determine ZK's importance for Web3 and beyond.
Take the survey →
You can send your donations to this Mina address organized by
@ParibuCom
:
B62qkRvhLCRoZikpAKicKnMmQ9vSX8FYq5owXn5P7yPbDHDigya7zsS
Geçmiş Olsun Türkiye!
Last week, we released the 2023 State of Zero Knowledge Report — a summary of findings from a recent survey of the crypto community about its views on ZK tech.
Here are 4 things you should know 🧵
[1/2] Announcing the Q4 2022 Community Grantees ⭐️
31 individuals and teams are eligible for Q4 grants. From new developer libraries to hosting educational sessions, thank you for your exceptional contributions!
Read the blog →
The question on everyone’s mind has been answered…
@MinaProtocol
Berkeley upgrade is on track for June 4
This milestone brings 3 key features to mainnet including easier zkApp programmability, a more powerful proof system called Kimchi, and the removal of supercharged rewards.
Mina is
#PoweredbyParticipants
thanks to active contributors from around the world who build tools, tech, our community, and more!
We are pleased to award over 75K MINA tokens and $30K USDC to 57 grantees for advancing and supporting the ecosystem in Q2.
🚨 🚨 🚨
Build a lightweight 🪶 13kB game for the
@js13kGames
HTML5 and JavaScript Game Development Competition! Our team member
@WillCove
is available to answer questions.
Submission Deadline: 13:00 CEST on September 13th
Submit your game here ⤵️
GameFi applications cannot scale to billions of users if they fail to abstract away well enough certain complexities like gas fees or UTxO transaction logic.
ZK-native blockchains, like
@MinaProtocol
, solve this.
@franklyteddy
in
@Cointelegraph
↓
We would like to confirm, in light of recent events, that Mina Foundation has no exposure to Silvergate Capital or Silicon Valley Bank.
Mina Foundation operations are continuing as usual.
📣 Calling all builders and community members!
Today, we launched Core Grants to support public goods and address developer gaps on
@MinaProtocol
Please contribute your ideas, offer feedback, and help us define development priorities.
Full details ↓
Calling the
#MinaCommunity
! Please take this survey to share your opinions on Mina’s ecosystem communications, including monthly updates, quarterly roadmaps, retros and more.
What do you like and what could be better? Take the survey and tell us:
⭐ The deadline for Q2 community grant nominations has been extended.
Don't miss an opportunity to recognize a special contribution to
@MinaProtocol
!
Nominate someone or yourself for a grant by July 15th here. 🗳
The Q3 2022 Mina Foundation Transparency Report is here. 📊
It covers key platform metrics, delegation program updates, grants information, and more.
Read more ➡️
📢 Big News!
@etonec_gmbh
was awarded a grant to build a compliant ZK identity solution with KYC and AML functionality to satisfy regulatory needs without sacrificing user privacy.
Today, they announced the completion of a working prototype.
🧵
We are proud to have collaborated with
@etonec_gmbh
,
@Privatbank1796
, and
@SnT_uni_lu
on a recent study exploring how to design a private and regulatorily compliant stablecoin.
Hint: Use zero knowledge proofs or
#ZKPs
Learn more in the report ⤵︎
Harnessing the power of zero knowledge proofs, this coming year will see the expansion of use cases beyond scaling, with a primary focus on data management, attestations, and privacy-preserving applications across various sectors.
Mina Foundation CEO
@khem
in
@CryptoSlate
👇
Our Head of Finance,
@brianmokoro
, takes the mic to tell GenZ about
#ZeroKnowledge
proofs through real-life analogies and how internet protocols are creating “superhighways” for exchanging value. 👂
🚨 Announcing Episode
#4
: Building the Lightest Blockchain with
@brianmokoro
🚨
Brian is the Head of Finance
@MinaProtocol
. We talk about zero-knowledge proofs, the role of finance in web3, and crypto vs. wall street culture.
🎧:
"We’ve seen a lot of ZK for scalability enhancements, especially for Ethereum, but programmable privacy applications of ZK will become a dominant developer focus in 2023."
CEO
@evanashapiro
in
@InfoWorld
🌎
📣 Core Grant RFP: Tokenomics Report
Mina Foundation seeks proposals to publish a report on the tokenomics of
@MinaProtocol
.
This report should include recommendations for the design of incentives and behaviors that could improve protocol growth and development.
Mina’s Multi-Year Roadmap is the culmination of where we see
@MinaProtocol
headed, the concrete products that will need to exist for the Mina ecosystem to get there, and how we will get there in collaboration with the community.
Read about the vision ↴
Zero knowledge proofs have become a popular and necessary solution for blockchain scaling and privacy.
We surveyed the crypto community to understand their views on ZK tech and what it means for the future.
Read the State of Zero Knowledge Report 2023:
4. 40.6% of respondents expressed that the
#finance
industry would be best served by ZKPs.
Similarly, financial privacy was the type of data that respondents most wanted to keep secure.
Find out more insights on how ZK can impact
#DeFi
in the report.📱
Kudos to
@jonathankingvc
for putting together this overview of the emerging ZK landscape
Great to see so many
@MinaProtocol
ecosystem partners included 👀
0/ What’s up, CT? New year, new blog post. Sharing
@cbventures
latest thematic research deep dive.
𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲’𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜: Understanding the Zero-Knowledge Landscape 🧵👇🏾
The Q1 2023 Mina Foundation Transparency Report is here 📊
It includes key platform metrics and protocol developments, among other updates.
Learn more →
We are thrilled to support the development of
@LuminaDEX
.
Their team is poised to deliver a private DeFi solution built on Mina Protocol in order to meet regulatory standards of compliance and transparency.
CEO
@evanashapiro
and Head of Ecosystem
@garbash
discussed the long-term vision for
@MinaProtocol
and how the community will be involved in important decision-making.
If you missed the convo, you can listen to the recording here 🎙️👇
“As 2023 unfolds, expect to see major developments of ZK in terms of bridge security, wallet privacy, KYC compliance and decentralized identity on social media”
— CEO
@evanashapiro
in
@DefiantNews
Our Director of Global Ecosystem BD
@dylankugler
will speak about zero knowledge proofs at the Upbit Developer Conference tomorrow.
Come say hello if you are attending or livestream the talks on 🇰🇷
Our COO
@khem
chatted with
@AndyPickeringNZ
about how
@MinaProtocol
is helping create the infrastructure for a more private, secure and democratic Web3 🎙️
Give it a listen 👇
🎙️On the Crypto Conversation
@AndyPickeringNZ
is with
@khem
COO
@MinaProtocol
- Exploring the intersection of security, privacy, blockchain and the evolution towards a user-controlled Web3 🎧
In addition to Silvergate Capital and Silicon Valley Bank, Mina Foundation has no exposure to Signature Bank and will continue to operate as usual.
Mina Foundation’s thoughts are with those impacted by these recent events.
CEO
@khem
will be speaking about
@MinaProtocol
at the Crypto Valley Conference 2024.
He will also sit on the judges panel of the Startup Competition, so builders bring your best ideas 🔥
Today is the LAST DAY to apply for the
#CVC24
Startup Competition! ⌛️🔥
Make sure not to miss this chance because the top 10 finalists will be the lucky winners of state-of-the-art audit & cybersecurity services provided by
@hackenclub
🔎
🏆 1st Prize: $10,000 worth of services…
3. 52.1% of crypto community members who responded to the survey are more willing to use a
#dapp
if it had
#ZKP
benefits such as Privacy or Scalability.
Check out the State of Zeo Knowledge 2022 Report to learn more. ⬇️
1. 90.1% of respondents find cryptocurrencies with
#ZKPs
to be more attractive than those that don't.
See our full insights on the State of Zero Knowledge 2022 Report 👇
Mina Foundation Head of Product Brian McKenna speaks to Coindesk Korea about why
#zeroknowledge
and Mina are key to advancing blockchain to the next level.
2. Privacy is seen as the most important advantage of Zero Knowledge Tech between
#privacy
and
#scalability
benefits.
Read the report to find out why this might be. 🕶
Mina Foundation COO
@khem
joins the
@proofoftalk
line-up to discuss zero knowledge and how ZKPs can revolutionize trust.
📅 June 14
⏰ 15:20 – 16:00 CEST
📍 Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Our very own
@itsjoonkim
is speaking at
#NEARCON
next week! Join him for a panel on “Keeping Web3's Privacy Promise: The Legal Perspective.”
🗓️ September 14
🌎 Lisbon, Portugal
We're giving out promo codes for FREE t-shirts in a random draw if you:
1️⃣ LIKE & RT the above
2️⃣ Follow official accounts:
@MinaFoundation
&
@MinaProtocol
3️⃣ Reply what merch you are most excited about!
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"...Given how vulnerable such sensitive financial information data can be to hacks...ZKPs can help ensure financial data is secured to make Web3 safer for everyone..."
See what else COO
@khem
had to share with
@MarcWojno
about the future of ZK 👇
📣 Partner Announcement: Outlier Ventures are pleased to showcase our partners for the upcoming Zero Knowledge Base Camp.
Together, we're doubling down on building a more secure and scalable web through accelerating the most promising
#ZK
startups.
The Q1 2024 Mina Foundation Transparency Report is here 📊
It includes key platform metrics and protocol developments, among other updates.
Learn more →
Announcing the launch of the Mina Online Swag Store! The shop is stocked with official Mina-branded apparel and items, made exclusively for the
#MinaCommunity
.
Let’s celebrate with a
#giveaway
! [1/5] 🧵
COO
@khem
believes that zero knowledge proofs and fair rules governing stablecoins could help foster a market where innovation increases exponentially.
Read more in
@Blockworks_
:
"Prepare for the rise of 'ZK everything' as privacy technology emerges from academic proofs-of-concept to usable, scalable technology" 🔐✨
Read more from
@AndrewDARMACAP
in
@CoinDesk
about why
#ZK
is such a game changer!
Dr.Iryna has joined as Head of Developer Relation. She brings 10+ years of engineering experience most recently from
@inside_r3
.
@iryna_it09
looks forward to supporting the
#MinaCommunity
and its developers with an RFP grants program and educational support.
Kate Remias has joined as Head of People bringing her experience building people-driven systems at tech companies.
Here is what she had to say about joining the team!
“ZKPs becoming part of our common language for discussing Web3 solutions marks a major milestone for the technology & for the future of digital data security & data ownership,” says CEO
@evanashapiro
.
See
@zeynepgyln
's findings about the future of crypto with
#ZK
here👇
The team also announced their plans to integrate with
@LuminaDEX
, the first decentralized exchange on
@MinaProtocol
.
The full zkp-ID solution is expected to launch by the end of this year, and will be universally available for other DeFi applications and businesses.
Brian has joined as Head of Product bringing his previous experience as Product Manager at
@InputOutputHK
, where he worked on a variety of projects, most notably
@Cardano
.
Here is what
@brian_p_mckenna
had to say about Joining Mina Foundation.
CEO
@evanashapiro
is thinking deeper about NFTs and
#ZeroKnowledge
– specifically, new
#NFT
use cases enabled by zero knowledge proofs –
#ZKPs
:
1. Privacy & Identity
2. Authentic Chain of Creation
3. Extra Proofs around Ownership
🎥 Watch here:
Come for
@jdsteinhauser
's talk on "Building the Privacy and Security Layer for Web3 with
#ZK
Smart Contracts" at
@DystopiaLabs
' CrossChain Summit 🤔
Stay for the epic jokes! TODAY @ 12:00 PT
The virtual event is free to attend — RSVP here:
Kurt was part of the initial team at
@DiemAssociation
where he played a key role in building their charter and their business development team.
Before that, Kurt was a Senior Director at
@PayPal
responsible for several significant global initiatives with mobile network carriers.
Our Global Business Development Ecosystem Director
@dylankugler
joins other ZK experts at the
@PennBlockchain
Conference tomorrow 📚
PANEL: “WHAT EVERYONE’S EYEING: ZK” 👀
Details:
➡️ Giveaway entries close on Monday, October 3rd at 11pm UTC
➡️ Winners will be announced on Wednesday, October 5th
➡️ Contest is open to anyone in the world
🌎
Thank you for being a part of the
#MinaCommunity
! Good luck 🍀 [3/5]
“Web3 needs both privacy and verified computation. ZK proofs provide both of those at a time when applications are needing these features to be more effective, decentralized, and scalable”
CEO
@evanashapiro
on the ZK 360 event in
@Cointelegraph
:
The
@MinaProtocol
uses elegant
#ZeroKnowledgeProofs
to bring privacy & security to Web3.
Once solely a cryptographic object, now a blockchain feature—Our goal is to now put ZK in the hands of developers in an easily programmable way.
Stay tuned here for the future of ZK!
Mina Foundation has also redomiciled to Geneva, Switzerland, where the organization can benefit from a vibrant crypto ecosystem and greater regulatory clarity for blockchain-based projects.
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Funded Dev4Dev projects include:
@zkfs_io
, a data availability layer designed to reduce blockchain storage requirements while allowing for complex business logic.
Njord, a zkRollup designed to tackle the challenges of scalability and UX by enabling faster transaction inclusion.
[2/2] 2023 Grants — Welcoming more builders to the Mina ecosystem 🫂
This year, we shift our focus to zkIgnite, an ongoing grants program to provide hands-on support and funding for zkApp developers.
Sign up for Cohort 1 to shape the future of
#ZK
⚡️
Evan Shapiro (
@evanashapiro
) will continue as chairman of the board and advisor to the foundation.
His input will guide Mina’s multi-year roadmap, progressing the network to greater scalability and security, with a focus on technical development and effective governance.
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Funded zkApp projects include:
@Anomix_ZK
, a zkRollup layer 2 solution built on Mina Protocol that focuses on privacy and scalability.
BioSNARKS, a zk-proof of biotech data that allows participants to share or trade validated data without revealing sensitive information.
Mina Foundation is a public benefit corporation dedicated to serving the Mina ecosystem and community. All proceeds will be dedicated to programs sponsored by or affiliated with Mina Foundation that are intended for further development of the Mina ecosystem. [4/5]