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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 Zero Knowledge Podcast & ZK Hack. 

It includes links to research, useful articles, videos, podcasts, tweets, tools, project updates, and events. Expect a new edition at the beginning of every month and be sure to share and subscribe!   

** Find your next job working in ZK over on the ZK Jobs Board! ** 

Research 

  • Bringing IBC to Ethereum using ZK-Snarks - zk-s[nt]arks ethresear.ch post

  • ERC721 Extension for zk-SNARKs - zk-s[nt]arks ethresear.ch post

  • No More Attacks on Proof-of-Stake Ethereum? by Francesco D'Amato, Joachim Neu, Ertem Nusret Tas, David Tse

  • On Committing Authenticated Encryption by John Chan, Davis Phillip Rogaway

  • Anonymous Public Key Encryption under Corruptions by Zhengan Huang,Junzuo Lai, Shuai Han, Lin Lyu, Jian Weng

  • Puncturable Key Wrapping and Its Applications by Matilda Backendal, Felix Günther, Kenneth G. Paterson

  • Privacy-Preserving Authenticated Key Exchange in the Standard Model by You Lyu, Shengli Liu, Shuai Han, Dawu Gu

  • Homomorphic Encryption on GPU by Ali Şah Özcan, Can Ayduman, Enes Recep Türkoğlu, Erkay Savaş

  • Efficient Proofs of Software Exploitability for Real-world Processors by Matthew Green, Johns, Mathias Hall-Andersen, Eric Hennenfent, Gabriel Kaptchuk, Benjamin Perez, Gijs Van Laer

  • Fully-Secure MPC with Minimal Trust by Yuval Ishai, Arpita Patra, Sikhar Patranabis, Divya Ravi, Akshayaram Srinivasan

  • Flashproofs: Efficient Zero-Knowledge Arguments of Range and Polynomial Evaluation with Transparent Setup by Nan Wang, Sid Chi-Kin Chau

  • An ECDSA Nullifier Scheme for Unique Pseudonymity within Zero Knowledge Proofs by Aayush Gupta, Kobi Gurkan

  • A Toolbox for Barriers on Interactive Oracle Proofs by Gal Arnon, Amey Bhangale, Alessandro Chiesa, Eylon Yogev

  • Linear-Time Probabilistic Proofs with Sublinear Verification for Algebraic Automata Over Every Field by Jonathan Bootle, Alessandro Chiesa, Ziyi Guan, Siqi Liu

  • zkBridge: Trustless Cross-chain Bridges Made Practical by Tiancheng Xie, Jiaheng Zhang, Zerui Cheng, Fan Zhang, Yupeng Zhang, Yongzheng Jia, Dan Boneh, Dawn Song  

  • A Note on Reimplementing the Castryck-Decru Attack and Lessons Learned for SageMath by Rémy Oudompheng, Giacomo Pope

  • Efficient ZK Proofs for Keccak by Angus Gruen

  • SoK: Hash functions in Zero Knowledge Proofs by Karthik Inbasekar 

Articles

  • Recursive zkSNARKs: Exploring New Territory | 0xPARC | Nalin

  • Base Layer Neutrality | Paradigm | Rodrigo Seira, Amy Aixi Zhang, Dan Robinson

  • Configurable Privacy Case Study: Partitioned Privacy Pools | Espresso Systems | Ben Fisch

  • OFAC Breaks Its Silence on Funds Locked With Tornado Cash | Tokenist | Tim Fries

  • Crypto Exchange Huobi to Delist 7 Privacy Coins, Including Zcash, Monero | Coindesk | Shaurya Malwa

  • Ethereum Coin Mixer Tornado Cash Is Back on GitHub | Decrypt | Mat Di Salvo

  • Coinbase Backs Tornado Cash Lawsuit Against U.S. Treasury  | Decrypt | Stacy Elliott

  • The Problem Tornado Cash Raises About Base Layer Censorship on Ethereum | Coindesk | Amy Aixi Zhang, Rodrigo Seira

  • OFAC Backtracks but Tornado Cash Sanctions Already Set a Terrifying Precedent | Coindesk | Zac Colbert

Videos/Podcast

  • All zkSummit8 Videos

  • EigenLayr: Permissionless Feature Addition to Ethereum with Sreeram Kannan | a16z crypto research 

  • ZK Whiteboard Sessions Module Eight: Achieving Decentralised Private Computation

  • ZK Whiteboard Sessions Module Nine: Introduction to zkRollups with Barry Whitehat

  • ZK Whiteboard Sessions BONUS: Interview with Ariel Gabizon on The PLONK Origin Story and Roadmap

  • ZK Whiteboard Sessions Module Ten: zkEVM with Jordi Baylina

  • ZK Podcast Episode 245: Sanctions against Tornado Cash: a Legal Perspective

  • ZK Podcast Episode 246: Adversarial Machine Learning Research with Florian Tramèr

  • ZK Podcast Episode 247: Exploring Penumbra with Henry de Valence

  • Is Zero Knowledge the Future of NFTs? 

  • 0xPARC Foundation presents 06 SnarkyJS

ZK in a Tweetshell

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Sina Kian @SinaKian1
I don’t think many ppl realize we are in the midst of deciding what the next gen of the internet will look like, and a major question is: do we want the business model to be surveillance capitalism (companies have open access to consumer data) or one where users owns their data?
4:21 PM ∙ Sep 22, 2022
681Likes159Retweets
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Zac Williamson @Zac_Aztec
This might be simultaneously the best and worst thing I've ever created...
youtu.beCypherphonkWhen cryptography goes hard. Lyrics in description.Zero knowledge zero knowledgeDripped-out tripped-out zero knowledgeHide the signal pump the noiseCommunica...
2:30 PM ∙ Sep 22, 2022
26Likes3Retweets

Guides and Resources

  • Zero Knowledge Canon, part 1 & 2 | a16zCrypto | Elena Burger, Bryan Chiang, Sonal Chokshi, Eddy Lazzarin, Justin Thaler and Ali Yahya

  • Improve twiddle access for FFT #736 

  • Zero Knowledge Proofs | Haun Ventures | Breck Stodghill

  • # Credible Confessions: Credible Confessions is an application that allows prominent members of a community to release anonymous yet credible pieces of writing. 

  • Number theory explained from first principles  

  • Number Theoretic Transform Argument

Tools 

  • ​​ingonyama-zk/cloud-ZK: A toolkit for developing ZKP acceleration in the cloud 

  • ETHdos 

  • arkworks-rs/poly-commit/tree/master/src/kzg10 

  • Isokratia - dust-nib

  • backmeupplz/zk-starter 

  • whitenois3/huff-snark-verifier: Generate an optimized Groth16 SNARK verification smart contract for use on EVM-based blockchains. 

Project Updates

  • Towards the endgame of blockchain interoperability with proof of consensus | Succinct Labs 

  • GIP-57: Should Gnosis DAO support research of a zkSNARK-enabled light client and bridge? | Gnosis Forum

  • A Vamp-IR's Guide to Arithmetic Circuits (and Perfectly Boiled Eggs) | Anoma | Vasily Sidorov

  • Proof Compression. Leveraging the flexibility of zk-SNARKs | Aztec Network | Luke Edwards 

  • Explaining the “Network” in Aztec Network| Aztec Network | Jon Wu

  • Is Zero Knowledge Technology the Future of NFTs? | Mina

  • Congratulations on The Merge — now prepare to cure the hangover with a strong dose of privacy!  | Nym

  • Testnet 29: Shielded Swaps Have Arrived | Penumbra

  • StarkNet Regenesis — The Plan. TL;DR | StarkWare

  • Project Registration Is Now Open for zkSync 2.0 Mainnet Alpha | zkSync

Events/Hackathons

  • Devcon | Bogotá, Columbia. October 11 - 14 

  • ETHLisbon | Lisbon. October 28 - 30

  • Zero-Knowledge Proof Workshop Affiliated with CESC | UC Berkeley. Oct 30 

  • ETHSF '22 | San Francisco. Nov 3 - 5

  • Theory of Cryptography Conference | Chicago. Nov 7 - 10

  • International Conference on Smart Contracts and Blockchain | Dubai. Nov 10 - 11

  • Istanbul Blockchain Week | Istanbul. Nov 15 - 16

  • ZKProof Workshop | Tel-Aviv. Nov 15 - 17  

  • Sub0 | Lisbon. Nov 28 - 29

  • ZK Hack | Virtual. Multi-week. Nov - Dec → follow @__zkhack__ for updates!

  • ETHIndia | Bengaluru. Dec 2 - 4

  • FHE.org | Tokyo. March 26, 2023

  • RWC 2023  | Tokyo. March 27, 2023

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