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Join the ZK festivities in Istanbul! 🇹🇷
Dive into The Rollup and catch up on recent highlights from across the ZK ecosystem.
ZPrize
November 15, 2023
Gm ZK enthusiasts 📩,
The crypto community’s eyes are on Istanbul this week as ETHGlobal Istanbul is underway, bringing together devs and builders from around the world to keep chipping away at the future internet. While also on the ground in Istanbul, we at ZPrize continue to bring you the best from ZK news and highlights from around the ecosystem. Let’s dive in!
In this week’s edition of The Rollup:
🇹🇷 ZPrize & ZK in Istanbul!
🗞️ The latest in ZK news
💻 Opportunities to build the future of privacy
🇹🇷 Find us in Istanbul
Find the ZPrize & Aleo teams in Istanbul all week for ETHGlobal Istanbul. We’ll be posted up at Soho House Istanbul throughout the week hacking, learning, meeting, and building with our ZK companions. Here’s a rundown of the events this week. Learn more and register for each event here!
Thursday, November 16 | Aleo zkHouse Istanbul: Hacker House
The Hacker House event is an open hacking day for developers to co-work, network, and hang with other ZK app enthusiasts. Rewards are $15,000 for 1st place, $10,000 for 2nd, $5,000 for 3rd, and up to 8 additional $3,000 bounties!
Friday, November 17 | Aleo zkHouse Istanbul: Talks
Explore the latest cryptography research, hardware, and app development in a series of panel discussions with speakers from Aleo, Variant Fund, O(1) Labs, Starknet Foundation, AMD, and more. As the sun sets, gather in an adjacent room to continue the conversation with fellow attendees.
Saturday, November 18 | SNARK Tank: ZK Pitch Competition at Devconnect
Snark Tank is the largest ever ZK pitch competition. Apply to attend the event, where you’ll hear from founders competing for up to $200,000 worth of prizes in front of our Snarks from Aleo, A16Z Crypto, Orange DAO, and beyond.
Saturday, November 18 | Aleo zkHouse: ZK is Magic
Come celebrate the week in Istanbul at the stunning Soho House Istanbul with friends from across the ZK and web3 space.
🗞️ ZK in the news
📕 Alchemy Pay partners with zkME for KYC. Revolutionizing KYC processes, The collaboration seeks to revolutionize KYC by using zero-knowledge proofs to balance privacy and compliance.
📗 Polygon Labs and NEAR Foundation partner on ZK initiative. Announced at NEARCON in Lisbon, the partnership brings ZK to WebAssembly blockchains.
💡 NIL Foundation's Ethereum rollup plan. Introducing an Ethereum rollup with zero-knowledge proofs and sharding, the NIL Foundation aims to improve scalability and privacy.
📘 RAILGUN announces ‘Private Proof of Innocence.’ The tool allows DeFi users to remain anonymous while also using ZK to prove they have not interacted with malicious actors.
🐛 zkSync Era is saved from a potential exploit. Audit firm ChainLight identified a vulnerability in the zkSync Era network that placed $1.9bn at risk. ChainLight noted that Matter Labs had responded to and resolved the issue.
🤝 Ramp and Linea's new partnership. This collaboration aims to enable direct fiat-to-crypto transactions, leveraging zero-knowledge proofs for enhanced security.
🖥️ Polygon's Inca Berry upgrade for zkEVM. Aiming for a more scalable blockchain ecosystem, Polygon undergoes a major upgrade to its zkEVM.
🔃 Aztec Network introduces NoirJS. Bringing zero-knowledge applications to browsers, NoirJS opens new possibilities for web privacy.
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