Proof of Track 2023-08-11

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Aug 12, 2023

zkSync's response on Open Source

zkSync denies code reuse accusations, upholds integrity, and promotes open-source collaboration.

Approaching the 'lookup singularity': Introducing Lasso and Jolt

A fundamentally new approach to SNARK design. Talk.

How many active exploits must we see before people stop treating trusted hardware enclaves as this holy grail

FYI Flashbots is using TEE.

An incomplete guide to Folding

Nova, Sangria, SuperNova, HyperNova, Protostar.

The final ouroboros monstrosity

use MPC to encrypt shared state; 2. use FHE to perform compute over encrypted shared state; 3. wrap the above in a zk proof to prove trustless execution.

zkp-fhe

Extensive benchmarks of various zero-knowledge proof systems for Fully Homomorphic Encryption.

🔍 Ethereum

reorg.pics

A dashboard for a clearer overview of reorgs and the entities involved – such as CL Clients, Validators, Relays, and Builders.

covecontracts.com

Simple, reliable, open-source contract verification. Much better than the Etherscan one.

patterns on how to allocate tasks

Patterns on how to allocate compute-intensive tasks to a decentralised network with a reasonable tradeoff between liveness and efficiency... PoW, offchain reputation, relay, ISA (indexer selection algorithm).

The FriendTech Smart Contract

A review on Friend.Tech's smart contract.

🔍 Layer2

LambdaClass won't be focusing on StarkNet only

Some drama behind the scene.

ssz++

Arbitrum release the fastest SSZ library in C++.

Most rollups have a RaaS-sized hole in their business model

Some thoughts on the challenge that rollup frameworks face today, and why they should use M&A to solve it.

Endgame: Proof of Governance

If it always comes down to governance, why not just start there?

Rollups-as-a-Service Are Going To Zero

Rollup frameworks aren't charities; Isolated Rollups-as-a-Service aren't defensible; Optimistic rollup frameworks must offer their own sequencer-as-a-service; Most apps should not have their own rollup; Customizable rollups must be constrained.

l1-block-snapshotter

Historical L1Block snapshotter for OP Stack chains.

🔍 DeFi

Uniswap wants to take down community v4 fork from GitHub

pcaversaccio used this PR to change their License to "AGPL-3.0-only". Hayden says sorry after they tried to take it down and received a lot of criticism.