ZK Newsletter for 2023-03-29
Summary of the most important things, which happened in Zero Knowledge world, in the previous week.
New articles
Qredo 101s: Just What Exactly Is a Zero-Knowledge Proof? - article by QredoTeam. (15.03.2023)
How to Leverage ZKPs as a Web3 Builder - article by Mohamed Fouda. (22.03.2023)
Throne of ZK: SNARK vs STARK - article by Kido Kim. (23.03.2023)
Zero Knowledge 101 and 201 - articles by Pontem Network. (24.03.2023)
What is zkEVM: Things You Need to Know About The Future of Dapps — Bits By Blocks - article by Ashwin Yardi. (25.03.2023)
Top 6 zkEVM Projects: The Key to Ethereum’s Scalable Future - article by Henry DJ. (25.03.2023)
What is ZK Rollup? Advantages, limitations of Zk Rollup and prominent projects - article by Optimus Finance. (27.03.2023)
Zero-knowledge proofs coming to Bitcoin, overhauling network state validation - news by Gareth Jenkinson. (28.03.2023)
ZK projects
Hyper Oracle: A Programmable zkOracle Network. (14.03.2023)
Qredo Labs: Home of Our Big Bold Bets. (20.03.2023)
Aztec - Zero-knowledge gaming with BattleZips x Noir. (22.03.2023)
Taiko Alpha-2 Testnet is Live. (22.03.2023)
Where's Waldo on RISC Zero. (22.03.2023)
Mina Protocol - Berkeley release 68fa3fa is now ready to test on the Berkeley testnet. (23.03.2023)
Mina Protocol - What are zkOracles? (23.03.2023)
zkMeta to Build a Dedicated Gaming Rollup on Polygon. (23.03.2023)
zkSync Era Mainnet is now open to all. (24.03.2023)
Bug Bounty for Polygon zkEVM. (24.03.2023)
Understanding the importance of today’s launch of the first-ever zkEVM (zkSync). (24.03.2023)
dYdX - V4 Milestone 3 is Complete. (27.03.2023)
Polygon zkEVM Is Now Fully Open-Source. (27.03.2023)
What is zkWASM Arithmetization. (22.03.2023)
Thread explaining zkSync Era Mainnet Alpha. (24.03.2023)
Thread about Taiko A2 test. (24.03.2023)
Total anarchy of Rollups. (27.03.2023)
Differences between zkOracles and traditional Oracles. (29.03.2023)
YouTube Clips
ZKP MOOC Lecture 10: Recursive SNARKs - lecture by Dan Boneh. (22.03.2023)
How to Bridge Funds to Polygon zkEVM Mainnet Beta - quick tutorial to Polygon zkEVM. (22.03.2023)
zkOracle, zkWASM & Programmability: a deep dive into Hyper Oracle's tech stack - tecording from zkDay Denver. (23.03.2023)
Deploy existing Ethereum smart contracts to Polygon zkEVM in less than 4 minutes - quick tutorial to Polygon zkEVM. (24.03.2023)
zkSync: Layer 2 zkEVM is HERE! What it means for Ethereum! - explanation of layer 2 zkEVM technology by VirtualBacon. (24.03.2023)
SnarkyJS: Recursive ZK Proofs in Typescript - recording from ZKP/Web3 Hackathon. (24.03.2023)
Polygon ZK Day 2.0 Summit - summit from Polygon. (27.03.2023)
Podcasts and other talks
Weekly Zero Knowledge Podcast episode - Episode 269: Auctions with Kshitij Kulkarni, Matheus V. X. Ferreira and Tarun (22.03.2023)
Eigenlayer, ether.fi and Obol Labs: Shanghai, DVT and Liquid Staking. (23.03.2023)
zkSync Era Mainnet Launch & NEW zkEVM with Alex Gluchowski and Anthony Rose. (24.03.2023)
zkSync Era Twitter Spaces. (24.03.2023)
Upcoming events
Zero Knowledge Proofs - course on Spring 2023, made by MOOC.
ZK Hack - ZK hackathon on March/April 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal.
zkSummit - a summit on Zero Knowledge on April 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal.
WEB3 digital summit - Summit in April 2023 in Verona, Italy
European WEB3 summit 2023 - Summit in May 2023 in Brussels, Belgium
The Ethereum Community Conference 2023 - conference on July 2023 in Paris, France.
DevX Global Tour - Regional Hackathons and Guild Events by Polygon since March 2023 until December 2023.