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As zero-knowledge (ZK) technology marches its way toward solving mainstream use cases, the community backing the disruptive tech continues to grow stronger. Over 1,200 ZK developers, community members and enthusiasts, including Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, attended the latest zkDay I ...

Ethereum layer 2 scaling network Starknet has outlined plans to improve the decentralization of three core components of its zero-knowledge proof rollup solution (ZK-rollup).Speaking exclusively to Cointelegraph, Starknet product manager and blockchain researcher Ilia Volokh outlined the f ...

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently authored a research paper, the primary focus of which was integrating privacy features into blockchain transactions while ensuring compliance with a range of regulatory requirements.Experts from various backgrounds collaborated on this research ...

Ethereum layer-2 scaling solutions Starknet and zkSync are among the few platforms to have increased their total monthly active developer counts over the last 12 months, data shows.While Starknet and zkSync only recorded increases of 3% and 6%, respectively, the likes of Ethereum, Polygon ...

Zero-knowledge (ZK) proof solutions have proved critical in helping scale the Ethereum ecosystem, but proto-danksharding is expected to drastically reduce the cost of rollups, according to Consensys’ zkEVM Linea head Nicolas Liochon.Speaking exclusively to Cointelegraph Magazine edito ...

Zero-knowledge proof (ZK-proofs) solutions have proved critical in helping scale the Ethereum ecosystem, but proto-danksharding is expected to drastically reduce the cost of roll ups according to Consensys’ zkEVM Linea head Nicolas Liochon.Speaking exclusively to Cointelegraph Magazine edi ...

A new zero-knowledge proof (ZK-proof) technology is set to improve the ability to access and verify historical data from the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, with deep chain validation cited as a usability barrier of the network.Technology firm Herodotus has released its on-chain accumulator whi ...

Decentralized Web3 data service Space and Time has tapped into zero-knowledge-proof technology to cryptographically verify information queries within its ecosystem.The company’s proprietary Proof of SQL allows the platform to generate a SNARK cryptographic proof of a query within ...

The launch of the blockchain-based digital passport platform Worldcoin has polarized the cryptocurrency community, with people raising questions about its centralization, privacy and security.Worldcoin released its token, WLD, on July 24, with major exchanges such as Binance announcing sup ...

The Ethereum ecosystem welcomes another layer-2 scaling solution as ConsenSys begins onboarding partners to its Linea network, which has produced significant scaling milestones in testing.Linea is an Ethereum layer-2 scaling network that allows developers to build or migrate dece ...

Starknet’s Quantum Leap upgrade has been deployed on testnet, with the Ethereum layer-2 scaling protocol claiming it's capable of processing "hundreds of transactions per second."If achieved, it would be at least a 50X improvement from its current throughput, thanks to the Version 12 ...

Cointelegraph is launching Zero Barriers, a special six-part podcast series in collaboration with StarkWare. The series, which features as part of the Decentralize with Cointelegraph podcast, will explore the evolving world of zero-knowledge rollups (ZK-rollups) and the next steps for the adoptio ...

Starknet, a zero-knowledge layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum, is one step closer to becoming fully Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatible, pending an August testnet launch of Kakarot, a new zkEVM.On June 3, the Kakarot team announced it had received new backing from Ethereum co-foun ...