Recently Eric Voskuil shared a benchmark of doing IBD with Libbitcoin versus Bitcoin Core, showing that Libbitcoin could perform IBD 15x faster than Core with -assumevalid. Libbitcoin’s approach is very different from Bitcoin Core. This writeup intends to…

Introduction We are pleased to announce that after working for months with the StarkWare team, we are finally launching the Stone CLI, a tool for easily proving and verifying Cairo programs! Huge thanks to the StarkWare team for their work and guidance as…

Demystifying Arbitrageurs’ profits, LVR, and sandwich attacks: batch trading as an AMM design response

最近因緣際會下看到 ERC-6551 提到 Nick’s Factory，好奇地去了解一下這是什麼魔法，發現了古老（？）而有趣的 Nick’s Method。這是一個可以在無信任的條件下，在特定地址上執行特定交易的方法（即便你和所有人都不知道密鑰）。在這篇文章中，我想介紹…

A blazingly fast, modular and contributor friendly Solidity compiler, written in Rust

We introduce a new approach to block building called parallel block building. Instead of treating all transactions as potentially conflicting - as traditional sequential building algorithms do - parallel block building recognizes that most transactions in…

Paradigm is a research-driven crypto investment firm that funds companies and protocols from their earliest stages.

lightning-network.tech - resources and guides for lightning network operators

An impassioned argument for why we should continue striving to improve the Bitcoin protocol.

Constantine: modular, high-performance, zero-dependency cryptography stack for verifiable computation, proof systems and blockchain protocols. - mratsim/constantine

anyrand VRF provides free, verifiable randomness for all EVM-compatible blockchains. Ensure fairness and transparency in decentralized applications.

Walkthroughs to leverage Odyssey's features from the future. - ithacaxyz/odyssey-examples

At Veridise, we continuously explore new frontiers in zero-knowledge cryptography and frameworks. In addition to our security auditing and…

Welcome to zkMesh, a monthly newsletter covering the latest in advanced privacy-enhancing cryptography, distributed protocol development, and zero-knowledge systems research.

I got this idea on my mind the other night: what would I do if I need to relearn Bitcoin from scratch again? ( *Interestingly enough, zapsammy asked a similar question *) ; Here was what I came up with, sharing it out loud, hopefully they are also useful…

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The Argot Collective is a new non-profit organization maintaining Ethereum's core infrastructure formed by 25 former Ethereum Foundation employees. Operating democratically and transparently, we aim to provide stable, long-term support for crucial projects…

Tornado Cash as a foundry project, using latest versions of tools such as Circom, snarkJS, etc. - nkrishang/tornado-cash-rebuilt