Aleo’s mainnet is on the horizon 👀

Gm ZK enthusiasts 📩,

Funding, integrations, collaborations, and more. Another week, another bustling roundup of ZK news and developments. Let’s dive in — here’s the latest in ZK news from around the ecosystem!

In this week’s edition of The Rollup:

• 🗞️ The latest in ZK news

• 🐦 ZK in the Twitterverse

• 💻 Opportunities to build the future of privacy

📰 ZK in the news

• After four years of development, Aleo is close to launching its mainnet, which will bring privacy to crypto by using zero-knowledge proofs at the core blockchain level. Aleo’s privacy-centric approach aims to enable private transactions and smart contract interactions, with a broader goal of integrating this technology into the fabric of the internet.

• Starknet has initiated test transactions from the Ethereum mainnet. These transactions are part of an on-chain test for the Ethereum-based ZK scaling solution, with an eye towards the launch of STRK in Q2 2024.

• Ingonyama, a zero knowledge startup, has raised $21MM in seed funding. Led by Geometry, Walen Catalyst Ventures, and IOSG Ventures, the raise will support Ingonyama’s development of open source libraries for ZK proof acceleration, along with its long term goal of creating “ZK-focused semiconductors.”

• Manta Network experienced a distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack during the issuance of its MANTA token. The attack resulted in over 135 million requests hitting the network, resulting in longer transaction times, increased gas prices, and a drop in the token price.

• Matter Labs and iCandy Games Limited have announced a collaboration to develop a ZKSync gaming and AI-focused hyperchain. The network, named ZKCandy, will leverage Matter Labs’ ZK stack framework to deploy gaming-specific hyperchains.

🧵 ZK in the Twitterverse

🎙️ ICYMI, a new Zero Knowledge Podcast episode is live! Anna Rose talks with Howard Wu, Co-founder of Aleo, and Alex Pruden, Executive Director of the Aleo Foundation. The conversation was about all things Aleo - check it out!

🤝 The NEAR Foundation and Polygon Labs recently announced the integration of NEAR Data Availability layer with Polygon CDK. The integration offers developers enhanced tools for building efficient Ethereum ZK rollups.

👀 You’ve probably seen it floating around CT, but in case you missed it — Coinbase just published “Understanding the Zero Knowledge Landscape.” The articles starts from principles and gives readers a compass to navigate the different protocols and applications emerging across the ecosystem. If the landscape infographic didn’t make its way on your timeline — dive into the full piece.

🏗️ Build web3 privacy

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