History of Plonky2
A Short History of Plonky2If you’re interested in the development of the ideas behind Plonky2, read on for a very high-level version.2018/2019Eli Ben-Sasson and the Starkware team introduced STARKs in 2018, the first fully transparent, quantum-safe proof system with a scalable verifier. In 2019, the DEEP-FRI paper, describing further optimizations to FRI, the PCS powering STARKs, was released. STARKs demonstrated that a variant of PCPs (Probabilistically Checkable Proofs) known as IOPs (Inter...
History of Plonky2
A Short History of Plonky2If you’re interested in the development of the ideas behind Plonky2, read on for a very high-level version.2018/2019Eli Ben-Sasson and the Starkware team introduced STARKs in 2018, the first fully transparent, quantum-safe proof system with a scalable verifier. In 2019, the DEEP-FRI paper, describing further optimizations to FRI, the PCS powering STARKs, was released. STARKs demonstrated that a variant of PCPs (Probabilistically Checkable Proofs) known as IOPs (Inter...
Protect the Open Source Ethos
tl;dr Copy-pasting source code without attribution and making misleading claims about the original work is against the open source ethos and hurts the ecosystem.IntroductionCrypto is an ideal environment for open source because it unlocks business models that are consistent with permissively licensed software. We can sustainably build software in the open, leveraging the combined talent and expertise of entire communities, and everyone benefits. Contributors working together can produce amazi...
Protect the Open Source Ethos
tl;dr Copy-pasting source code without attribution and making misleading claims about the original work is against the open source ethos and hurts the ecosystem.IntroductionCrypto is an ideal environment for open source because it unlocks business models that are consistent with permissively licensed software. We can sustainably build software in the open, leveraging the combined talent and expertise of entire communities, and everyone benefits. Contributors working together can produce amazi...
