Zero Knowledge – DIGIT INFO

Know Your Peer — The pros and cons of KYC

DIGIT — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Zero-knowledge proofs and reputation systems could reshape compliance and preserve privacy in DeFi.

Consensys decentralizes Linea with new Swiss nonprofit association

DIGIT — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 08:30:00 +0000

The new Linea Association, a Swiss nonprofit dedicated to advancing Linea, will oversee development on its path to decentralization.

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BOS Open-Sources Zero-Knowledge Protocol, Paving the Way for Advanced Cryptography on Bitcoin

DIGIT — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 09:30:26 +0000

BitcoinOS (BOS) has open-sourced its BitSNARK verification protocol, marking a significant advancement in blockchain technology. This protocol, which successfully verified the first zk-SNARK proof on the Bitcoin blockchain, enables zero-knowledge cryptography without altering Bitcoin’s core protocol. By facilitating decentralized atomic swaps, cross-chain transfers, and 2-way pegging, BitSNARK opens up new possibilities for Bitcoin to interact […]

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Rollups Are ‘Copies of the EVM,’ Not True Scaling Solutions, Says Developer

DIGIT — Sun, 01 Sep 2024 11:30:33 +0000

According to Adrian Brink, co-founder of Anoma and Namada, rollups offer little new functionality beyond the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). He argues they are essentially execution-sharding solutions presented as true scaling solutions. Brink instead touts Plasma as the “only true scaling solution out there” because it enables constant data posting to the main chain “regardless […]

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Blockchain-based elections a real option with zero-knowledge tech

DIGIT — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 14:30:00 +0000

New developments make voting with decentralized tech a more realizable goal.

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Plonky3, the Polygon Zero-Knowledge Proving System, Is Production Ready

DIGIT — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 16:50:22 +0000

Polygon Labs has announced that its next-generation zero-knowledge (ZK) proving system, Polygon Plonky3, is now production-ready. This open-source system, licensed under MIT/Apache, empowers developers to build bespoke proving systems for ZKVM or ZK EVM chains, tailored to various use cases. Unlike its predecessor, Plonky2, which was optimized for hardware and recursion, Plonky3 offers greater flexibility […]

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Web3 Marketing Strategist Says It’s a ‘Mistake’ to Frame Blockchain and AI as Competing Technologies

DIGIT — Sun, 14 Jul 2024 11:30:48 +0000

According to Catherine Daly, the marketing head at Space and Time, framing artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain as competing industries would be a mistake. Instead, Daly believes “there’s a lot of room for each to accelerate the other.” To illustrate this point, she identified onchain transacting AI agents as one example demonstrating why artificial intelligence […]

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ZkSync says 695K wallets eligible for next week’s ZK token airdrop

DIGIT — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000

The Ethereum scaling blockchain set aside two-thirds of its 21 billion ZK token supply to give to its community, with select users the first to get a share.

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Matter Labs drops ZK trademark applications after industry backlash

DIGIT — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 23:46:48 +0000

It follows a public letter from ZK researchers and top industry experts slamming the firm for “oppressive behavior.”

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White paper that birthed crypto ZK-proofs receives IEEE ‘Test of Time’ award

DIGIT — Mon, 20 May 2024 16:30:00 +0000

The paper, released in 2014, lays the foundations for blockchain privacy and scaling.

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