News list for "Zero knowledge"
On January 9, the Aligned Foundation, a decentralized zero-knowledge proof verification layer, tweeted that it has completed $1 million community financing. Aligned Layer is a ZK validation layer developed on top of the EigenLayer. This will make the validation of any SNARK proof cost-effective, leveraging the security of an Ethereum validator without the limitations of Ethereum. As the EigenLayer AVS, it promises to provide an affordable validation and versatile proof system for L2 and bridges,...
On November 1st, Fabric, a cryptographic hardware development company, and RISC Zero, a zero-knowledge proof software developer, have partnered to accelerate Boundless on VPUs. The focus is on addressing data movement bottlenecks, continuously compatible constraint evaluation, and RISC Zero-native number segment instructions. Fabric will provide eval_check with several orders of magnitude faster acceleration than GPUs for end-to-end workflows.
Zero-knowledge proof research firm NEBRA is launching its universal proof aggregator tool on World Chain, World's blockchain. The integration aims to reduce the cost of running ZK proofs on World Chain.
Opacity Network, a zero-knowledge proof data verification platform, announced the completion of a $12 million seed round led by Archetype and Breyer Capital, with participation from a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX), Finality Capital Partners, Bodhi Ventures and Escape Velocity (EV3). This seed round financing brings Opacity's total financing to $13.40 million. The previous seed round of financing for the company was $1.40 million.
On October 8, RISC Zero, a zero-knowledge proof software developer, launched Steel 1.0, a smart contract prover that moves smart contract execution off-chain, with the aim of improving operational efficiency while maintaining on-chain security.
Zero-knowledge proof software developer RISC Zero has announced that its first RISC Zero proof has been officially validated on the Starknet Sepolia testnet, allowing developers to use ZKP in Rust through RISC Zero's zkVM for verifiable off-chain execution and more.
Zero-knowledge proof software developer RISC Zero has released the source code and compiler technology, which is now fully open-source.
ZkMe, a zero-knowledge proof of identity solution provider, announced the completion of a $4 million seed round led by Multicoin Capital, with participation from OKX Ventures and Robot Ventures. The funding will be used to optimize zkMe's 13-month-old zero-knowledge identity protocol and develop zero-knowledge identity layer infrastructure to build a more complete zkMe privacy identity layer network, which is expected to be officially launched in Q4 2024. zkMe is dedicated to providing decentral...
Zero-knowledge proof (ZK) technology company Ola today announced a strategic partnership with Avail, a Web3 infrastructure layer project. Ola said that since April this year, the company has been focused on building the largest mobile ZKP verification network "OlaMassive". This partnership with Avail will help Ola further refine its ZK technology stack and advance the development of cross-chain and full-chain applications.
On August 14th, Aztec, a privacy and scalability solution based on zero-knowledge proofs, announced that it has launched Devnet and will launch a total of $100,000 developer incentive activity to attract developers to try to deploy applications on Devnet.
