I finally read the recent Mercury paper. Like all papers by Ariel Gabizon it's very well-written. It makes Mercury a great introduction to the niche field of *Multilinear Polynomial Commitment Scheme*.
Multilinear Polynomial Commitment Schemes are a trendy research topic in zero-knowledge snarks. Instead of explaining the paper itself, I'll try to explain its importance to zero-knowledge proofs.
https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/385.pdf
#cryptography #snarks #zk #blockchain
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Clean, a formal verification DSL for ZK circuits in Lean4
https://blog.zksecurity.xyz/posts/clean/
#HackerNews #Clean #ZK #circuits #Lean4 #formal #verification #DSL
🛰️🚫 Flight #ZK-KOL (#CESSNA 172 Skyhawk) is squawking radio failure (7600)! ✈️
Track the flight here: https://globe.airplanes.live/?icao=c81ca5
Just a heads-up that at the end of March there is a "crypto week" in Sofia, Bulgaria, with a ton of co-located cryptography-related events. I will also give a talk on Shufflecake at OSCW.
https://shufflecake.net/#20250301-talk-oscw
In chronological order:
- ZCash Dev Summit https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-dev-summit-in-sofia-bulgaria-on-march-22-2025/49589
- ZKProof 7 https://zkproof.org/events/zkproof-7-sofia/
- HACS Workshop https://www.hacs-workshop.org/index.html
- RWPQC https://rwpqc.sandboxaq.com/
- FHE Conference https://fhe.org/conferences/conference-2025/
- ZK Hack Meetup https://lu.ma/0stmji9i
- RWMPC https://www.mpcalliance.org/rwmpc-2025
- OSCW https://opensourcecryptowork.shop/2025/
- RWC https://rwc.iacr.org/2025/
Feel free to comment if I missed anything.
I will be around, planning of attending at least ZKProof, ZK Hack Meetup, RWPQC, OSCW and RWC.
#Cryptography #Shufflecake #OSCW #OSCW2025 #RWC #rwc2025 #RWPQC #FHE #FHEorg #RWMPC #MPC #MPCalliance #ZK #ZeroKnowledge #zeroknowledge_proofs #ZKproof #ZKhack #HACS #Zcash #sofia #bulgaria
📣 New talk! 📣 Shufflecake will be presented at the Open Source Cryptography Workshop 2025 in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 2025-03-25. OSCW is co-located with Real-World Crypto 2025 and a plethora of other crypto events. Stay tuned!
https://shufflecake.net/#20250301-talk-oscw
#Shufflecake #OSCW #OSCW2025 #RWC #rwc2025 #RWPQC #RWPQC #FHE #FHEorg #RWMPC #MPC #MPCalliance #ZK #ZeroKnowledge #zeroknowledge_proofs #ZKproof #ZKhack #HACS #Zcash #sofia #bulgaria
China's total car sales fell 12.1% YoY in Jan 2025 to 1.794M, but NEV sales grew 10.5% YoY to 744K (41.2% share). NEV production hit 940K (+25.8% YoY). The market shrank due to an early Lunar New Year and 2024 pull-ahead purchases, but NEVs keep gaining ground. 🚀 #ElectricVehicles #BEV #EVs #BYD #ZK
China sold 1.794 million vehic...
Marius Van Der Wijden claims to have broken Iden3's implementation of the Poseidon Hash. It is quite well-known, and probably used, so it's quite interesting.
He claims the problem is with their bit padding.
Normally you add '1' and then zeroes (possibly none) to fill the block length. This ensures that there is always *some* padding.
They didn't add the '1', so some input doesn't get padded at all, which leads to a collision.
SP1 brings light to zero-knowledge: write Rust, get circuit-level performance. This is what dev tooling should be. #rust #zk #web3 https://blog.succinct.xyz/introducing-sp1/
La tecnología de conocimiento cero (#ZK) se presenta como una solución innovadora para abordar estos desafíos.
Las pruebas de conocimiento cero permiten verificar la validez de una transacción sin revelar información adicional.
https://www.colombiacripto.com/2024/11/ethereum-hacia-una-red-resistente-la.html?m=1 #ColombiaCripto #Colombia
.... and done!
A new CLI tool for creating Merkle trees using the #Aztec implementation of Pedersen hash.
It's one of those things you build because you need it yourself.
It's super niche obviously, but if you're using #noir or into #snarks #zk or #cryptography -- check it out!
A Friendly Introduction to Zero Knowledge https://zkintro.com/articles/friendly-introduction-to-zero-knowledge
#zero #knowledge #proofs #zk #anonymous
:computerfairies: My benchmark of the BBS+ signature scheme https://news.dyne.org/benchmark-of-the-bbs-signature-scheme-v06/ with links to our free and open source implementation #crypto #zk
Nicht viele der #NeoRockabilly-Fans heutzutage haben wie ich noch die #80s erlebt.
Beim #DeutschRockabilly fing alles in #Düsseldorf an. Übrigens aus dem #ZK-Dunstkreis der #DieTotenHosen, falls das jemand noch nicht gewusst hat ;-)
Die Hanseaten mit der #RockabillyMafia sind auch verdammt gut, kamen aber später...
Aztec finished separating Nargo from Barretenberg in Noir!
Even die-hard fans of #cryptography and #zk might not be sure if this is a sentence from the industry or a fantasy book, so I'm here to help.
Aztec: is a privacy-preserving Ethereum L2 blockchain using ZK (Zero-knowledge). That's not exciting for me really, but they are *also* building Noir.
Noir: An awesome general language for ZK programs. People (me) use it for writing ID systems, KYC, blockchains, or decentralized games.
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The #ShieldingSummit clip contest prize keeps growing!! Thank you, to everyone who has donated to fund the upcoming clip onslaught 💪🦓 🫶
From the internets and here to help.
We are your Zero-knowledge Audiovisual Club.
🔗 https://zkav.club
Shields up ⚡️🛡️ Dazzle on.
Lees alles over: "Zaterdagmiddagconcert Bonifaciuskerk Medemblik" op Medemblik Praat | Het eerste concert op 6 juli wordt gegeven door de meesterorganist Jos van der Kooy. | #zaterdagmiddagconcert #bonifaciuskerk #zk #medemblik
https://medemblikpraat.nl/kalender/zaterdagmiddagconcert-bonifaciuskerk-medemblik/
🚨⚠️ Flight #ZK-DXO (#CESSNA 172 Skyhawk) is squawking emergency (7700)! ✈️
Track the flight here: https://globe.airplanes.live/?icao=c803ae
There are so many different crypto playgrounds it's impossible to properly participate in all of them....
I regularly use #STX, #BOOT, and #ZK to manage my everyday life.
$BOOT has become the way I share my notes and thoughts with the greater community. Very practical and cool way to see how knowledge weaves together.
Shout out to cyb.ai for the inspiration
