Zero-Knowledge Proofs


Tecnología

Tornado Cash Fork, Privacy Pools, Deployed on Optimism Testnet

Privacy Pools uses zero-knowledge proofs to prove that funds in anonymous transactions are not linked to criminal activity, such as North Korea’s $625 million hack on Axie Infinity.

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Tecnología

ConsenSys, Developer of Ethereum Software, Says zkEVM Public Testnet to Go Live March 28

Zero-knowledge, or ZK, a type of cryptography, is seen as one of the year's hottest blockchain technologies. ConsenSys launched a private zkEVM testnet in December but is now opening it up for anyone to join.

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Tecnología

Polygon Rolls Out Zero-Knowledge, Privacy-Enhanced Identification Product

Under the design for Polygon ID, a bar owner could theoretically use the credential-verification system to verify a patron is of age, without ever having to look at any identification card.

Polygon APIs will soon be available on The Graph. (Aquaryus15/Unsplash)

Tecnología

War of Words Over zkEVMs Might Portend Long Struggle to Tech Maturity

As Polygon and Matter Labs race to bring their zkEVMs to market, both will need to make compromises in the name of security.

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Tecnología

Matter Labs Says zkSync 2.0 Entering New ‘Era’ With Re-Brand and Developer Rollout

Matter Labs has renamed zkSync 2.0, its zero-knowledge rollup platform, to “zkSync Era” and is making its code open-source.

Now is the time to consider more cash-like privacy-focused CBDC solutions, John Kiff, research director at the Sovereign Official Digital Association and Dr. Jonas Gross, chairman of the Digital Euro Association, write. (israel palacio, Unsplash)

Tecnología

Polygon Sets March Date for zkEVM Mainnet Beta to Go Live

Details about the zkEVM beta network will be released over the next few weeks. The launch is set for March 27.

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Tecnología

Polygon Exploring Use of ZK Technology for Main Chain, Co-Founder Bjelic Says

In an interview with CoinDesk, Polygon’s Mihailo Bjelic shared the progress the blockchain is making on becoming a ZK-secure ecosystem.

Polygon co-founder Mihailo Bjelic (Polygon)

Tecnología

The =nil; Foundation Says Its New Software Is Rocket Fuel for Zero-Knowledge Developers

The firm has already raised $22 million to build a suite of zero-knowledge developer tools.

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Finanzas

Blockchain Scaling Project Sovereign Labs Raises $7.4M in Seed Round

The fundraise was led by Haun Ventures and included Maven 11, 1KX, Robot Ventures and Plaintext Capital.

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Tecnología

The =nil; Foundation Raises $22M to Build Marketplace for Zero-Knowledge Proofs

The funding round led by Polychain Capital aims to make zero-knowledge projects more decentralized, and easier to build.

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