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Privacy Coin wants to offer fast and anonymous payments with minimal energy consumption

Tina Rigney

July 22, 2021

ZK-Snark

A self-funded, community-run decentralized blockchain wants to create an ecosystem of privacy coins that doesn't consume large amounts of power.This platform, called BlackHat Coin, will use Proof of Stake (PoS)...

How BlackHat Coin Will Give You Back Control Of Your Privacy With Untraceable Transactions

Tina Rigney

July 21, 2021

ZK-Snark

In late 2020 and early 2021, crypto exchanges crack down on privacy coins. This resulted in the delisting of Monero, Zcash, Dash and others from these platforms. Regulators around the world have pressured th...

A new generation of data security sharing solution

Tina Rigney

July 18, 2021

ZK-Snark

News and research before you hear about it on CNBC et al. Claim your 1-week free trial for StreetInsider Premium here. Singapore, Singapore - (Newsfile Corp. - July 18, 2021) - The digital economy dilemm...

Celsius and Horizen publish zkAudit

Tina Rigney

July 15, 2021

ZK-Snark

LONDON, July 15, 2021 / PRNewswire / -Celsius, the world's leading cryptocurrency yield platform and blockchain construction technology company Horizen Laboratories they've thrown zkAudit, a fully decen...

Celsius and Horizen launch zkAudit – the first and only fully decentralized, privacy-preserving audit blockchain

Tina Rigney

July 15, 2021

ZK-Snark

LONDON, July 15, 2021 / PRNewswire / -Celsius, the world's leading cryptocurrency yield platform and blockchain construction technology company Horizen Laboratories they've thrown zkAudit, a fully decent...

CEO of O (1) Labs Evan Shapiro to become CEO of Mina Foundation, with Emre Tekisalp of O (1) Labs as interim CEO of O (1) Labs | New

Tina Rigney

July 14, 2021

ZK-Snark

SAN FRANCISCO, July 14, 2021 / PRNewswire-PRWeb / - Another milestone in th...

Railgun’s role in protecting blockchain anonymity and privacy

Tina Rigney

July 5, 2021

ZK-Snark

The term "crypto" means "secret". However, some authoritarian governments around the world have abused this fundamental characteristic of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology to their advantage. Crypt...

Strength is the secret: Railgun | Loud speaker

Tina Rigney

July 2, 2021

ZK-Snark

Railgun is a smart contract system ensuring the privacy of cryptocurrency and DeFi users via Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZK-SNARK) technology.Billions of people share a major problem: accessing the financial syste...

First smart contract dark pool on Ethereum to launch token and DAO

Tina Rigney

July 1, 2021

ZK-Snark

Railgun is a complex smart contract system that ensures the privacy of users of cryptocurrency and decentralized finance through zero-knowledge proof-of-knowledge (zk-SNARK) technology. Railgun users will b...

Exclusive: RAILGUN, Game Changer for Privacy on Ethereum to launch its Token RAIL on June 30

Tina Rigney

June 25, 2021

ZK-Snark

Long-awaited addition to the DeFi Railgun space which will release its "RAIL" token on June 30the. Railgun is a revolutionary smart contract system that gives zk-snark the pri...

Railgun, the new privacy system for DeFi launches its DAO and ERC-20 token on June 30

Tina Rigney

June 25, 2021

ZK-Snark

Railgun is expected to release their DAO and "RAIL" token on June 30th. The highly anticipated addition to the DeFi space is a game-changer for DeFi users. Railgun is a state-of-the-art smart contract sys...

Decentralized privacy protocol launches yield farming to transfer cash to DeFi

Tina Rigney

June 21, 2021

ZK-Snark

2014 OG Cryptocurrency Makes Aggressive Push Towards Cross-Chain Operability, Following Launch of New Privacy Protocol and Wrapped Token Bridge to Binance Smart Chain with Launch of Yield Farming last month....

Pirate Chain – a blockchain that keeps hackers away from what you cherish most

Tina Rigney

June 18, 2021

ZK-Snark

In today's digital world, privacy is a really scarce commodity, thanks to the large amount of data collected by every website visited or the apps they use. As companies continue to monetize user data, coll...

An interview with ZKSwap lead developer Alex Lee

Tina Rigney

June 17, 2021

ZK-Snark

ZKSwap recently announced a major development in the form of the launch of V2. As the noise around the platform's latest move continues to grow, we've decided to reach out to its lead developer and ask the...

British Scientists Solve Ethereum Privacy Using Only Smart Contracts

Tina Rigney

June 17, 2021

ZK-Snark

Privacy is a major concern for decentralized finance (“DeFi”) and general cryptocurrency users. The widespread belief in anonymity once led many people to use currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, but this...

Panther Protocol Releases White Paper for DeFi Privacy Solution

Tina Rigney

June 16, 2021

ZK-Snark

Panther, a DeFi-focused privacy preservation protocol for digital assets, released its white paper June 16, 2021. Formed in 2020 by leading entrepreneurs and technologists, Oliver Gale (CE...

What is Layer 2 on Ethereum? Everything you need to know • Benzinga

Tina Rigney

June 15, 2021

ZK-Snark

Ethereum (ETH) is the 2nd largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization at $ 297 billion. It performed exceptionally well in 2021, surpassing $ 4,000 at its peak in May after starting the year arou...

Innovative projects attract larger sums from global VCs and angel investors – bitcoin news

Tina Rigney

June 10, 2021

ZK-Snark

Amid the increasing stratospheric challenge and increased demand for unique and innovative solutions, the global comm...

What is the Mina protocol and the MINA token?

Tina Rigney

June 8, 2021

ZK-Snark

Let us introduce you to Mina - the protocol that turned out to be the world's lightest participant-powered blockchain. Its mission is to optimize the decentralization and scalability of the blockchain.Since...

These zk-SNARKS contests offer rewards of $ 250,000 for the Zcash privacy protocol

Tina Rigney

June 3, 2021

ZK-Snark

One of the most fully decentralized blockchain projects in development is looking for a few good zk-SNARKS developers.In fact, more than a few.In his last competition, the FREE TON The blockchain community h...

Once upon a time in DeFi

Tina Rigney

June 2, 2021

ZK-Snark

Before I tell you how The Price PureFi saved the DeFi kingdom, here's how it all started. Once upon a time, in the distant realm of DeFi, there was a massive and explosive change. All the holders were happy...

Top 10 budding cryptocurrencies for June

Tina Rigney

June 1, 2021

ZK-Snark

This article will take a look at ten cryptocurrencies that have interesting developments planned for the month of June, which could also have a positive effect on their price. Stellar (XLM) C...

Resolving Transactional Privacy Concerns In DeFi Panther Protocol Raises $ 8 Million From Private Sale

Tina Rigney

June 1, 2021

ZK-Snark

Highlighting the growing demand for security solutions in the DeFi industry - Panther Protocol, an interoperable, fully guaranteed privacy-enhancing solution for DeFi - clos...

Privacy Focused Panther Raises $ 8 Million in Oversubscribed Private Sale

Tina Rigney

May 31, 2021

ZK-Snark

Disclaimer: The Industry Talk section features information from players in the crypto industry and is not part of the editorial content of Cryptonews.com. DeFi privacy-focused solution Panther Protocol ...

What are privacy coins? Monero, Zcash and Dash explained

Tina Rigney

May 31, 2021

ZK-Snark

In short Some cryptocurrencies, called privacy coins, protect potential credentials using an array of cryptographic techniques. Privacy coins can be popular for ransomware and other illicit uses, and have come ...

Apollo’s Moonshots: Uniswap to Deploy on Arbitrum Layer 2 Scaling Solution

Tina Rigney

May 30, 2021

ZK-Snark

Matthew Harcourt, analyst at Apollo Capital, Australia's leading cryptocurrency investment firm, shares the fund's weekly take on what's happening in the fast-...

An introduction to our development plan

Tina Rigney

May 29, 2021

ZK-Snark

@damageDeGateDeGate is the Ethereum Layer2 decentralized exchangeThis article is a summary of DeGate's development plan. Full details will be released to the community as a video in the near future, so stay...

Arbitrum Launch: Layer 2 Ethereum unboxed

Tina Rigney

May 29, 2021

ZK-Snark

Key points to remember Arbitrum, an Optimistic Rollup scaling solution for Ethereum, has been successfully launched for developers. Layer 2 scaling aims to reduce congestion on the backbone while still be...

Privacy protection: the future of DeFi

Tina Rigney

May 27, 2021

ZK-Snark

On April 22, MakerDAO, known as DeFi's global `` central bank, '' in partnership with the Centrifuge financial supply chain project, completed the first real asset loan to DeFi (decentralized finance). Cen...

Scaling Ethereum Blockchain Applications Via Altcoins and Chain Solutions

Tina Rigney

May 19, 2021

ZK-Snark

@mattzandMatt ZandAs author of the book Hyperledger Fabric by O'Reilly Media, Matt has contributed to IBM, SAP, Alibaba, Linux Foundation, etc. As you may know, there are differences between horizontal and vert...

Suterusu privacy protocol to auction its internal xSuter tokens

Tina Rigney

May 13, 2021

ZK-Snark

Built on zk-ConSnark cryptographic technology, Suterusu protocol announces the launch of the auction of its internal token xSuter in order to pursue its vision of creating a b...

Suterusu privacy protocol announces auction of its internal xSuter token

Tina Rigney

May 13, 2021

ZK-Snark

SINGAPORE / ACCESSWIRE / May 13, 2021 / The decentralized, privacy-focused protocol Suterusu announces that it will conduct a Dutch auction of its internal xSuter token. Auctions in the Netherlands are auct...

ZCash price stumbles as pipeline hack emphasizes privacy coins

Tina Rigney

May 13, 2021

ZK-Snark

The cyberattack that shut down the colonial pipeline put pressure on privacy tokens. Zcash price lost 30% from its peak before rebounding. Privacy tokens may be on the verge of seri...

IDEX announces move to Target MEV on Ethereum

Tina Rigney

May 6, 2021

ZK-Snark

Key points to remember IDEX is introducing “hybrid liquidity” pools in hopes of combating slippage and hype in DeFi. IDEX Hybrid Liquidity will combine an order book and a trading engine with liquidity pools...

Mina’s $ 18.75 million token sale sees unprecedented demand

Tina Rigney

May 5, 2021

ZK-Snark

Key points to remember Mina shared full details of her March token sale, which closed in four hours after 375,000 people signed up to participate. The token sale raised $ 18.75 million, with tokens distr...

3 “best” brokers to buy Buy Zcash (ZEC) with a credit card

Tina Rigney

May 1, 2021

ZK-Snark

Zcash (ZEC) is a popular cryptocurrency and decentralized blockchain. The network is known for its interest in privacy. Zcash was the first coin to provide true anonymity on a public blockchain. This peer...

How blockchain technology can improve confidence in democratic elections

Tina Rigney

April 27, 2021

ZK-Snark

Distrust is at an all time high in the United States, especially after the recent election, and where the United States goes, the world often follows. In the November presidential election, Presid...

Zcash price analysis: ZEC price bulls are ready to take off for the next race

Tina Rigney

April 27, 2021

ZK-Snark

Zcash Price is currently on a bullish move with a 3.9% gain during an intraday session. In contrast, the ZEC / BTC pair is also experiencing a bullish movementTechnical ind...

Privacy Coins and zk-SNARK: how do they work?

Tina Rigney

April 22, 2021

ZK-Snark

In short zk-SNARKs are a form of cryptography that allows privacy coins like Zcash to work. Here's everything you need to know about how they work in crypto and where else you might see them appear. A signific...

Raze Network ends Triple IDO and Balancer LBP event

Tina Rigney

April 19, 2021

ZK-Snark

April 19, 2021 - Singapore, Singapore Raze Network, a platform based on substrates for privacy, has successfully completed its triple IDO on pools, DuckStarter and Bounce....

The key that triggers layer2 is actually zkTube. • Crypto mode

Tina Rigney

April 13, 2021

ZK-Snark

I've been following the zkRollup solution since @Barry Whitehat and other contributors like @Kevin Ziechmann pointed out the concept in Github when trying to use SNARK for Ethereum scaling. Currently, fou...

How Suterusu Makes DeFi Transactions Truly Private

Tina Rigney

April 13, 2021

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Zcash (ZEC) announces that the “Halo Arc” protocol will be launched in October 2021

Tina Rigney

April 13, 2021

ZK-Snark

The developers of Electric Coin Company (ECC) have announced updates on the upcoming launch of the Halo Arc Protocol. The launch schedule is billed for October 1, according to the ad. "Halo Arc is schedule...

Mina Protocol Introduces Mainnet to Strengthen Data Security and Internet Privacy

Tina Rigney

March 25, 2021

ZK-Snark

Mina Protocol - a proof of stake blockchain that maintains a size of 22KB even as it scales, is said to have introduced its mainnet. Developed by San Francisco-based O (1) Labs, Mina is a privacy-focus...

The Ethereum Layer 2 Hermez network which uses ZK-Rollups has been put online

Tina Rigney

March 24, 2021

ZK-Snark

The Ethereum Layer 2 Hermez Network scaling solution which uses ZK-Rollups technology for scalability has been commissioned. The development means that the main Hermez network has been launched and users can...

Suter Shield Launches Privacy Mining Program on Binance Smart Chain

Tina Rigney

March 23, 2021

ZK-Snark

Huang Lin, CTO of Suterusu, revealed to Cointelegraph China on March 16 Hub event that the project launches one of the first layer two privacy mining programs on the Binance smart channel.According to Lin, S...

Mina’s proof-of-zero-knowledge blockchain network goes live

Tina Rigney

March 23, 2021

ZK-Snark

Mina Protocol, a privacy-focused blockchain network based on zero-knowledge technology, has gone live. The development means that Mina's mainnet has been launched and now allows developers to build decentral...

Mina Light Blockchain Network Launches Mainnet

Tina Rigney

March 23, 2021

ZK-Snark

ShutterstockProof of Stake (PoS) Mina Protocol, a blockchain that maintains a size of 22KB even as it scales, has officially launched its mainnet, Mina said in a press release shared with The Chain Bulletin ...

A New Paradigm For The Internet, Cryptography, Blockchain, And Online Societies

Tina Rigney

March 23, 2021

ZK-Snark

Why is human civilization suffering from issues such as poverty, inequality, corruption, exploitation, over consumption, environmental problems, biased and censored media, inadequate education, immigration, ...

Aztec Community Launches Layer 2 Privateness on Ethereum

Tina Rigney

March 16, 2021

ZK-Snark

The Aztec Privateness Platform for Ethereum has launched a zk-SNARK rollup service on the mainnet, enabling scaling and shielding of transactions. It's the newest in a sequence of sca...

The 10 Most Important Scientific White Papers In Development Of Cryptocurrencies

Tina Rigney

March 9, 2021

ZK-Snark

The $1 trillion cryptocurrency market is powered by little more than electricity and breakthroughs in mathematics and science made by bitcoin's pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto and others. ...

Trias – Higher help for privateness safety on Defi

Tina Rigney

March 6, 2021

ZK-Snark

In the case of blockchain privateness safety, many individuals mistakenly imagine that blockchain can higher defend consumer privateness resulting from its anonymity. The fact is that consumer info on t...

Launch of PriFi ZK-Rollup DEX on the Mute.io Twin Token ecosystem

Tina Rigney

March 3, 2021

ZK-Snark

Disclaimer: The textual content under is a press launch which was not ready by Cryptonews.com. Mute.io, beforehand NIX Platform, is a ZK-Rollup ecosystem. Mute.io launches a revolutionary and cutting-ed...

PIVX, a project that perfects the balance between privacy and practicality

Tina Rigney

March 1, 2021

ZK-Snark

Crypto markets have been positive lately as the value of many well-known tokens continues to set new all-time highs. While popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum have grabbed the headlines, few...

With $ 190 million TVL in simply 10 days after the mainnet launch, ZKswap is making ready for the unique ProBit characteristic on March 2

Tina Rigney

February 26, 2021

ZK-Snark

Disclaimer: The textual content under is a press launch which was not ready by Cryptonews.com. The upcoming rollout of ProBit Alternate's standard ProBit Unique has been confirmed for Layer 2 DEX ZKSwap...

Loopring turns into the principle Ethereum Layer 2 answer

Tina Rigney

February 26, 2021

ZK-Snark

Shutterstock“Crimson packages” are conventional Chinese language money items wrapped in pink envelopes, given on particular events and holidays. To rejoice the Chinese language New Yr, Loopring launched a p...

How PIVX Kicks Off Privacy Coins Revival – Sponsored Bitcoin News

Tina Rigney

February 19, 2021

ZK-Snark

sponsored Throughout its history, PIVX has marked many firsts in the crypto market. These include being the first PoS...

Zoracles Provides Insight On Blockchain Credit Ratings With

Tina Rigney

February 15, 2021

ZK-Snark

TORONTO, Feb. 15 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Credit is essential to the proper functioning of any modern financial system. Credit issuance has historically been monopolized by a few dominant financial institu...

Zcash Fundamental Analysis: Does Zcash Have a Bright Future?

Tina Rigney

February 13, 2021

ZK-Snark

ZCASH is at the $ 142.5 level with 14.91% in 24 hours and 54.66% gain from last week.ZEC coin uses zK Snarks technology which protects the transaction and reduces computatio...

Avalanche (AVAX), Matic and Celo rally as Bitcoin worth retreats

Tina Rigney

February 11, 2021

ZK-Snark

Bitcoin's current institutional investor rally (BTC) has steadily pushed its worth to new all-time highs and, though buyers are intensely targeted on BTC worth motion, a lot of altcoins have additionally sec...

Zk-SNARK definition

Tina Rigney

February 11, 2021

ZK-Snark

What's zk-SNARK? Zk-SNARK is an acronym which stands for "Brief, non-interactive data argument to zero data". A zk-SNARK is cryptographic proof that enables a celebration to show that they've s...

Polychain Leads $ 1.1 Million DEX Manta Community Privateness Funding Spherical

Tina Rigney

February 2, 2021

ZK-Snark

Polychain led an preliminary funding of $ 1.1 million within the decentralized, privacy-focused change Manta Community. The startup mentioned Tuesday it has closed the spherical with different traders, tog...

Person Monetary Knowledge Safety Coin PIVX Activated SHIELD Privateness Protocol on Mainnet January 30, 2021

Tina Rigney

February 2, 2021

ZK-Snark

February 2, 2021, Georgia, USA: PIVX (Protected Prompt Verified Transaction), a digital cryptocurrency targeted on defending customers' monetary knowledge, enabled the brand new SHIELD protocol on its mainn...

User financial data protection coin SHIELD privacy protocol enabled by PIVX on the mainnet January 30, 2021

Tina Rigney

February 2, 2021

ZK-Snark

Location / Date: Georgia, USA - February 2, 2021 3:00 PM UTC 4 minutes to read Contact: Bryan "Snappy" Doreian, Source: PIVX Photo: PIVXPIVX (Instant Protected Verified Transaction), a digital cry...

Mina lightweight blockchain resilient to 51% of attacks, reports Gauntlet

Tina Rigney

February 2, 2021

ZK-Snark

Key points to remember The scalability of the Mina protocol does not compromise security, according to a report. The blockchain uses zero-knowledge evidence and a unique proof-of-stake consensus algorith...

Bitcoin overtakes Tesla in Google search volume, sparking BTC bulls

Tina Rigney

February 2, 2021

ZK-Snark

Key points to remember The CEO of leading trading app eToro suggests retail investors have been driving Tesla's 10x gains since early 2020. Channel analysts Willy Woo find that Bitcoin's adoption rate mimic...

Large Tech’s De-Platform Frenzy Highlights Want for Internet 3.0

Tina Rigney

January 17, 2021

ZK-Snark

Large Tech social media firms have dismantled President Trump and different customers of their ... platforms. These actions increase questions in regards to the state of the “cance...

Vitalik Buterin reveals what will cut transaction fees

Tina Rigney

January 5, 2021

ZK-Snark

Vitalik Buterin explained what will increase transaction speed and reduce transaction costs on the Ethereum network. Buterin, who showcased the stacking technology on his blog, said it could improve Ethereu...

Tornado Cash price, TORN chart, market cap and information

Tina Rigney

December 29, 2020

ZK-Snark

Tornado Cash Coin Price and Market Data Tornado spot price today it's $ 27.04 with a 24-hour transaction volume of $ 3,792,654. TORN's price has fallen -7.4% in the past 24 hours. It has a circulating supply...

Investing In Zcash (ZEC) – Every thing You Want To Know

Tina Rigney

December 27, 2020

ZK-Snark

Zcash (ZEC) is a well-liked cryptocurrency and decentralized blockchain. The community is understood for its curiosity in privateness. Zcash was the primary coin to supply true anonymity on a public blockc...

What is the Mina protocol? – Asia Crypto today

Tina Rigney

December 6, 2020

ZK-Snark

The Mina Protocol is a cryptocurrency with a succinct blockchain storage and verification mechanism, which limits and maintains the total blockchain size consistently. Most of the exi...

Tezos to add Sapling privacy features from Zcash

Tina Rigney

November 30, 2020

ZK-Snark

Key points to remember Tezos will add Zcash's Sapling privacy protocol to its code. This allows developers to create dApps that improve user privacy. Tezos is not the first blockchain to introduce this f...

The future of Zcash and financial privacy

Tina Rigney

November 19, 2020

ZK-Snark

Zcash successfully completed its first halving event and continues to rely on unique privacy ... features that users and businesses may require to conduct digital transactions. Cry...

Zcash is set to undergo its first halving; here is what to expect

Tina Rigney

November 18, 2020

ZK-Snark

The Zcash community is gearing up for the first halving and a major network update. The event may have positive price implications in the long run. Zcash is the 34th largest digital asset. It was born on...

Nathaniel Williams: Digital voting is coming. Let’s do it right.

Tina Rigney

November 10, 2020

ZK-Snark

As of this writing, the entire United States has been anxiously awaiting to hear the results of the 2020 general election. Although former Vice President Joe Biden has been elected - with one notable dissent...

Introducing SHIELD: PIVX’s Industry-Leading User Data Protection and Privacy Protocol

Tina Rigney

November 10, 2020

ZK-Snark

Introducing PIVX SHIELD - Privacy Meets Proof of Stake New PIVX logo SHIELD is the world's first privacy protocol based on zk-SNARKs on a Proof of Stake...

Mina Protocol Developer O (1) Labs Raises $ 10.9 Million in New Funding

Tina Rigney

October 21, 2020

ZK-Snark

O (1) Labs, the team behind the development of the Mina Protocol (formerly Coda Protocol), raised $ 10.9 million in new capital. The strategic investment cycle has been co-led by Three Arrows Capital and Bix...

This blockchain only needs 22KB of data to be verified

Tina Rigney

October 19, 2020

ZK-Snark

Mina aspires to be the smallest blockchain in the world, claiming that its protocol maintains a constant size of around 22 kilobytes. This is ostensibly achieved using recursive zk-SNARKs - the same technol...

Ethereum Gets Privacy-Focused Layer 2 Scaling Solution with Aztec 2.0

Tina Rigney

October 12, 2020

ZK-Snark

Key points to remember Aztec announced the launch of Aztec 2.0, a new scaling solution for Ethereum. The Layer-2 network will use a new technique called "PLONK" using zk-SNARKs to pool transactions privately...

4 hot areas for encryption innovation

Tina Rigney

September 28, 2020

ZK-Snark

Who owns the data? Who can read what data? At the center of some of the thorniest issues facing the internet is a set of encryption algorithms that hold everything together. The...

Here are four Ethereum scaling pitches submitted to the Reddit contest

Tina Rigney

August 3, 2020

ZK-Snark

A number of projects have introduced potential scaling solutions ahead of Reddit's July 31 deadline. Most of the contest entrants are existing developers of Layer 2 solutions for Ethereum. The majority of ent...

Chainalysis can now track your Zcash and Dash “privacy coins”

Tina Rigney

June 8, 2020

ZK-Snark

On June 8, Chainalysis announced support for Zcash (ZEC) and Dash (DASH) privacy coins, making it easy for law enforcement to track them.Calling Dash a privacy room is a misnomerThe company claims that it can t...

Recursive SNARKs Could Help Bitcoin Evolve

Tina Rigney

June 5, 2020

ZK-Snark

In an interview with Cointelegraph, Charles Hoskinson said that in his opinion recursive snarks could be a solution to Bitcoin (BTC) scalability issues.Intellectual dishonestyHoskinson believes there has been a...

Ethereum Tornado Cash Mixer Completes Trusted Installation Ceremony

Tina Rigney

May 13, 2020

ZK-Snark

Tornado Cash, an Ethereum-based mixer that uses zero-knowledge evidence, completed his trust installation ceremony, taking a key step towards becoming "totally trustless".The non-custodial service uses zk-SN...

Why “configuration” is important for cryptocurrency privacy

Tina Rigney

March 17, 2020

ZK-Snark

Privacy is an essential characteristic of cryptocurrencies. Despite the traditional design, however, this is not the primary focus of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) or Ether (ETH), and rather it is an anc...

What is a zero-knowledge proof? A simple 3 minute guide

Tina Rigney

March 12, 2020

ZK-Snark

In short Zero-knowledge proofs are a type of cryptography that hides the details of a transaction. The method was first developed in the 1980s by a group of mathematicians. Zcash was the first cryptocurrency...

Ethereum Scalability Solution Coming “Soon”, Says Vitalik Buterin

Tina Rigney

March 6, 2020

ZK-Snark

Ethereum (ETH) has a plan to fix its well-known scaling issue, and co-founder Vitalik Buterin said solutions will start rolling out soon. Vitalik Bu...

What are Zk-SNARKs and how do they affect digital privacy?

Tina Rigney

March 5, 2020

ZK-Snark

At a time when technology can be used both as a privacy intrusion mechanism and as a tool for protecting privacy, the cypherpunks' premonitory sentiment in the 1990s of crypto as the last defense against a digi...

DeFi can now choose to run zero-knowledge proofs without confidence

Tina Rigney

February 26, 2020

ZK-Snark

In an interview with Cointelegraph at the Stanford Blockchain Conference on February 19, the PhD in cryptography from Stanford University. Student Ben Fisch described Supersonic as a knowledgeless and trustles...

Why SNARKs are the technology of the coming decade

Tina Rigney

February 25, 2020

ZK-Snark

The SNARK Age is a pop-up newsletter exploring and celebrating technology that we believe will have fundamental and deterministic impacts on privacy, computing, crypto and money in the years to come. Today...

Launch of the Aztec protocol on the main network

Tina Rigney

February 3, 2020

ZK-Snark

The Aztec privacy network was officially launched on the Ethereum blockchain on February 1. Using Zcash based technology, it introduces confidential tokens where all amounts are cryptographically hidden.The ne...

Tron to include Zcash-based privacy features, announces trust setup ceremony

Tina Rigney

January 17, 2020

ZK-Snark

Tron (TRX) is configured to present no knowledge-based privacy thanks to the work of the TRONZ team. A trust installation ceremony is expected to take place soon, which, according to Tron in a Jan. 17 blog pos...

See! The! Where? Emerging use cases for ZKPs in 2019

Tina Rigney

January 3, 2020

ZK-Snark

2019 has been a big year in the Zero Knowledge research space. Great progress has been made on zkSNARKs, zkSTARKs - two well-known knowledge-proof cryptography protocols - universal configurations, optimization...

Cardano Explores Privacy Features That Power Zcash, Says Charles Hoskinson

Tina Rigney

October 23, 2019

ZK-Snark

Cardano explores zero-knowledge evidence, which helps authenticate transactions without disclosing any of the personal information of the sender or recipient. Cardano creator Charles Hoskinson said h...

Arrival of Zk-STARK: but is Privacy Coin technology even necessary?

Tina Rigney

October 18, 2019

ZK-Snark

Share this article Zk-STARKs have long been touted as a replacement for Zcash's Zk-SNARK system, for a simple reason: they don't require the trust setup, which (if compromised) could allow an attacker t...

You can now prove an entire blockchain with just one math problem – really

Tina Rigney

September 14, 2019

ZK-Snark

The Electric Coin Company (ECC) says it has discovered a new way to scale blockchains with "recursive proof composition", proof to verify the entirety of a blockchain in a single function. For ECC and zcash, t...

What are Suterusu & ZK-ConSNARKs?

Tina Rigney

September 9, 2019

ZK-Snark

One of the most important sentiments behind the convergence of various groups on cryptocurrencies is the premium people increasingly place on privacy in the digital world.From moves against government surveilla...

TRON (TRX) Launch of privacy features on Testnet

Tina Rigney

May 18, 2019

ZK-Snark

TRON, the eleventh largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization and a leader in the decentralized application industry, is expected to launch privacy features on its test network in the coming days. Accord...

From zk-SNARKs to zk-STARKs: upgrading unconscious evidence

Tina Rigney

January 22, 2019

ZK-Snark

There is an increasing emphasis on improving privacy in the cryptocurrency space. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, and Litecoin are all actively looking for the most appropriate means to increase their pr...

zk-SNARK Glitch Could Cause Crypto Double Take

Tina Rigney

January 17, 2019

ZK-Snark

Share this article Fundamental flaws with zk-SNARKs, the privacy algorithm used in Zcash (ZEC), may allow malicious agents to strike additional tokens, according to the COO of a rival privacy coin. Reub...

Zero evidence of knowledge in blockchain

Tina Rigney

January 4, 2019

ZK-Snark

Privacy is one of the most important factors, especially for the internet. This is made possible thanks to a new “Zero knowledge proof” tool. Without knowing your date of birth, this tool will prove that your...

Privacy startup Zero Knowledge lands $ 30 million in funding – Ledger Insights

Tina Rigney

October 30, 2018

ZK-Snark

Starkware Industries, the Israeli startup founded by Prof. Eli Ben-Sasson (Technion) and Prof. Alessandro Chiesa (UC Berkeley), has announced a $ 30 million Series A round. This follows a funding round of $...

Why zk-SNARKs are Crucial for Blockchain Data Privacy

Tina Rigney

April 24, 2018

ZK-Snark

Data privacy is a hot topic lately. The revelation that million Facebook user data were breached by political advisory firm Cambridge Analytica sent a jolt through the tech world. With the amount of d...