Zero-Knowledge Proofs


Tecnología

Bitcoin DeFi Expansion Faces Fork Dilemma as Developers Explore ZK Proofs

BitcoinOS contributor and crypto OG Edan Yago describes forks on Bitcoin as like "open-heart surgery."

Photo of Edan Yago standing in front of  a sponsor board. (Courtesy: BitcoinOS)

Tecnología

Everyone Wants a Piece of the Bitcoin Pie, Now the AI Bots Are Coming for It Too

AI-focused Ethereum layer-2 Mode is the latest network to bridge to Bitcoin in an attempt to get access to deep wells of liquidity held in BTC.

(Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Tecnología

Ethereum Layer-2 Teams Welcome Proposal to Overhaul Blockchain

Far from making zero-knowledge rollups obsolete, the Beam Chain would make them work better, says Polygon. zkSync builder Matter Labs is also bullish.

Ethereum itself is made up of several layers. (Annie Spratt/Unsplash)

Tecnología

Ethereum's ENS Identity System Set to Launch Own Layer-2 Blockchain

"Namechain" will use a zero-knowledge rollup for scaling and is likely to go live around the end of 2025.

Ethereum Name Service founder Nick Johnson (ENS)

Tecnología

Bitcoin Rollup Citrea Aims to Make BTC a Programmable Asset With ZK Proofs, Raises $14M Series A

The goal of allowing greater utility on the Bitcoin blockchain is one of almost existential importance, according to Citrea.

Citrea's co-creators (Citrea)

Regulación

From Smuggling Gold Out of Africa to Bridging Bitcoin and Cardano

A longtime regular on the crypto scene, Sovryn and BitcoinOS founder Edan Yago learned the importance of financial sovereignty at an early age.

Photo of Edan Yago standing in front of  a sponsor board. (Courtesy: BitcoinOS)

Tecnología

Buenos Aires Adds ZK Proofs to City App in Bid to Boost Residents' Privacy

The crypto-adjacent tech is meant to give the Argentine capital's 3.6 million residents greater control over their personal data.

The La Boca neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Eduardo Sánchez/Wikimedia Commons).

Opinión

The (Zero-Knowledge Proof) Singularity Is Near

This month may well be remembered as an inflection point in the acceleration toward real-time proving of transaction validity for blockchains.

Proof singularity would pave the way for a more interconnected and scalable Web3 ecosystem. (NASA Hubble Space Telescope/Unsplash)

Tecnología

Polygon to Buy $5M of Servers With Computer Chips Devoted to Zero-Knowledge Cryptography

The purchase is part of a deal with hardware maker Fabric, which is also producing custom zero-knowledge chips for Polygon's AggLayer.

Polygon co-founder Mihailo Bjelic (Polygon)

Tecnología

Polygon Begins Token Swap, in Move to Allow More Issuance

The migration from Polygon's MATIC token to POL will also bring in some tokenomics changes with a new emission rate of 2% annually.

Polygon Labs CEO Marc Boiron (Polygon Labs)