In our last blog post we investigated the usefulness of hash functions for zero-knowledge use cases. Thereby, we stumbled upon many ZK-friendly designs, each with advantages, disadvantages, and optimizations for different performance metrics. With MiMC1,…

A curated list of resources about post-quantum cryptography - veorq/awesome-post-quantum

Castle Research: An Introduction to DeFi Options

In our previous article in this series, we discussed various metrics that LPs can employ to estimate the profitability of providing liquidity to AMM pools. This enables them to fine-tune their LPing strategies for a better net return in their portfolios.…

In DeFi, new innovations are forced to arise in order to operate within the constrained environment of on-chain block space. One of the most notable advancements has been the emergence and progress of Automated Market Makers (AMMs), which have transformed…

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Exploring Reth Snapshots and how to use them.

How much linear algebra and polynomials do you need to know to implement Kyber? Turns out, very little!

Arbitrum 最近发布了 Stylus VM 升级。 Stylus VM 将带入一些新功能： 支持更多语言 低费用，低内存消耗 自定义预编译器 与 EVM 的互操作性 所有这些功能都是通过集成 WASM 带来的。WASM 有很多优势，并且在云原生场景中得到了广泛应用。我们将在后面的部分详细介绍 WASM 的故事。 先驱者 Arbitrum 并非第一个将 WASM 引入链上的项目。在 Arbitrum 之前，Polkadot 已经允许用户编写 WASM 智能合约。它提供了两种编写 WASM 智能合约的语言，一种类似嵌入式…

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The Definitive Guide to Creating, Securing, and Understanding Crypto Hardware Wallets and Seed Phrases

A 100% opensource CLI that goes along with building blocks of smart contract. This toolbox can reduce L2 gas cost by encoding calldata for dApps development to use as little bytes of calldata as po...

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Welcome to zkMesh, a monthly newsletter covering the latest in decentralized privacy-enhancing technologies, privacy protocol development, and zero knowledge systems research. zkMesh is produced by the ZK Hack team. We include recent research, useful articles…

There has been a lot of interest lately in the technology behind zk-SNARKs, and people are increasingly trying to demystify something that…

In part 1 of our series on intent-based protocols, we break down UniswapX.

Hats Modules are programmable extensions for roles, unlocking a major upgrade for onchain organizing and a modular playground for builders.