# ZK-News - 5th-11th August '24 By [Aligned](https://paragraph.com/@aligned-3) · 2024-08-12 --- ✨ ZK-Newsflash! ✨ **Here are the highlights of what happened in the ZK space last week, 5th - 11th August.** [**ZK Hack**](https://x.com/__zkhack__) **Montreal was a huge success! 🎉** The event took place from August 9th to 11th. We are very happy to have met a lot of Aligned attendees in Montreal. ZK is becoming mainstream! 💚 [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/5eb9a5e44fba2578a464ddadad33aaaafba17b785d3a21914b7e0e6a1e96b45b.jpg)](https://twitter.com/alignedlayer) [Aligned](https://twitter.com/alignedlayer) [@alignedlayer](https://twitter.com/alignedlayer) [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/alignedlayer/status/1821562436060889101) ZK Hack Montreal begins tomorrow, and so does our bounty program! Aligned is contributing to the $53,000 prize pool, and we'll be rewarding the best projects that use Aligned to verify proofs. Find some of our ideas here, but you can build anything! [zk-hack-montreal.devfolio.co/prizes?partner…](https://t.co/smdz8gQI31) ![🧵](https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f9f5.png)[ ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/8dfbf99575f1b2ff8a4681065ee73e8b06a0a3a48bfbd19d27c75267e50a62f9.jpg) zk-hack-montreal.devfolio.co ZK Hack Montréal | Devfolio --------------------------- On Aug 9-11, we host ZK Hack Montréal, our fourth IRL zk-hackathon. At ZK Hack Montréal, we will be hacking on zk-tools, using zk-DSLs, and building new products that showcase what zk can do. Hackers... ](https://t.co/smdz8gQI31) [![Like Icon](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/heart.png) 17](https://twitter.com/alignedlayer/status/1821562436060889101)[ 10:01 AM • Aug 8, 2024 ](https://twitter.com/alignedlayer/status/1821562436060889101) **The guide you've been waiting for:** **How to integrate Aligned into your application. ✨** Follow these simple three steps to achieve it: ✅ Generate your ZK Proof. ✅ Write your smart contract. ✅ And submit and verify the proof to Aligned. Read on to learn more. [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/5eb9a5e44fba2578a464ddadad33aaaafba17b785d3a21914b7e0e6a1e96b45b.jpg)](https://twitter.com/alignedlayer) [Aligned](https://twitter.com/alignedlayer) [@alignedlayer](https://twitter.com/alignedlayer) [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/alignedlayer/status/1820850447617610216) Integrating Aligned into your Application: It only takes three simple steps to integrate Aligned into your application, enabling fast and cheap verification for all of the ZK proofs generated inside your system. ![✅](https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/2705.png) Let's check the docs and find out how! ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/33db72cea84e10f58b6732d216db1eb3e5be664f2e8ed29befa1177e54e5cf16.jpg) [![Like Icon](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/heart.png) 32](https://twitter.com/alignedlayer/status/1820850447617610216)[ 10:52 AM • Aug 6, 2024 ](https://twitter.com/alignedlayer/status/1820850447617610216) [**Eli Ben-Sasson**](https://x.com/EliBenSasson) **chatted with** [**The Rollup**](https://x.com/therollupco)**. 📢** They talked about scaling Bitcoin, the exploration of integrating Bitcoin with Ethereum, and more. Will [Starknet](https://x.com/Starknet) be able to settle transactions across both chains simultaneously? 👀 Stay tuned for updates. [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/23da48e7f9601765d97f8207df792b09c16cba5c773c804cc04ed8d7354a8dc4.jpg)](https://twitter.com/therollupco) [The Rollup](https://twitter.com/therollupco) [@therollupco](https://twitter.com/therollupco) [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/therollupco/status/1820883528877535423) Bitcoin's biggest scaling breakthrough in recent memory has been achieved in the last few months. Native STARK verifiers onchain are coming to Bitcoin, assuming a successful passing of OP\_CAT. For today's pod we sat down with [@EliBenSasson](https://twitter.com/EliBenSasson) of [@StarkWareLtd](https://twitter.com/StarkWareLtd) to discuss the topic ![](https://pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/1820857826618552323/img/XLsmu1H2019cbbSe.jpg) [![Like Icon](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/heart.png) 78](https://twitter.com/therollupco/status/1820883528877535423)[ 1:03 PM • Aug 6, 2024 ](https://twitter.com/therollupco/status/1820883528877535423) **The** [**StarkWare**](https://x.com/StarkWareLtd) **Scholar Summit was amazing. 🥳** It's great to see this kind of initiative. Topics discussed included: FRI protocol, Circle STARK, cryptoeconomic security, and much more. If you missed it, you can watch it again on this playlist. [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/dd8296f1cabe12f378fe151e18ab8d9511bc6fe99c9150d2f0632a0335b385fb.jpg)](https://twitter.com/StarkWareLtd) [StarkWare (BTCFi arc)](https://twitter.com/StarkWareLtd) [@StarkWareLtd](https://twitter.com/StarkWareLtd) [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/StarkWareLtd/status/1821523882299552042) The first-ever StarkWare Scholar Summit was a huge success, paving the way for even more such events ![👨‍🍳](https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f468-200d-1f373.png) A big thank you to everyone who participated! If you want to dive deeper into circle STARKs with [@EliBenSasson](https://twitter.com/EliBenSasson), the power of algebra, cryptoeconomic security, transaction fee ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/dee2f79eb5fc0b9656a36405f19c916fcade918ecfc582185b054002b54a6174.jpg) [![Like Icon](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/heart.png) 108](https://twitter.com/StarkWareLtd/status/1821523882299552042)[ 7:28 AM • Aug 8, 2024 ](https://twitter.com/StarkWareLtd/status/1821523882299552042) [**Kakarot**](https://x.com/KakarotZkEvm) **announced Kakarot SEED: A 6-week hackathon to cultivate your most innovative ideas! 🥕** Build your project on Kakarot to get mentorship and marketing support. 🔹 Consumer dApps. 🔹 DeFi dApps. 🔹 Whatever you want.! The only limit is your imagination. 🧠 [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/7bba0d84e3881ed368c8b3804b12462e7459654f97ed3235cd50d37086620181.jpg)](https://twitter.com/KakarotZkEvm) [Kakarot](https://twitter.com/KakarotZkEvm) [@KakarotZkEvm](https://twitter.com/KakarotZkEvm) [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/KakarotZkEvm/status/1820793263697047922) ![🥕](https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f955.png)![🧺](https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f9fa.png) HELPING THE SEEDS OF ETHEREUM GROW Announcing Kakarot SEED (Scouting Emerging Ethereum Developers) — a 6-week hackathon to cultivate your most innovative ideas! As excited as we are? Let’s go ![🧵](https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f9f5.png)![👇](https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f447.png) ![](https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video_thumb/GUS9xX1WgAAy8c2.jpg) [![Like Icon](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/heart.png) 228](https://twitter.com/KakarotZkEvm/status/1820793263697047922)[ 7:05 AM • Aug 6, 2024 ](https://twitter.com/KakarotZkEvm/status/1820793263697047922) [**Lita**](https://x.com/lita_xyz) **hosted an amazing event, "The Next Frontier of Proving Systems and zkVMs." 📢** Discussions focused on innovative approaches that are shaping the next generation of cryptographic proofs. Speakers included: [Daniel Lubarov](https://x.com/dlubarov), [Daniel Dore](https://x.com/thesecretdore), [Wei Dai](https://x.com/_weidai), and more. [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/05c0dc97c32f472ab90326b77094cfc8db1cb14bc5634bd6da1432ce3d689f6c.jpg)](https://twitter.com/ventali_) [Ventali](https://twitter.com/ventali_) [@ventali\_](https://twitter.com/ventali_) [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/ventali_/status/1821243176197267559) Interested in Lattice-based folding, Uni vs. Multilinear STARKs, New PCS, Advancements in binary field cryptography? Join our roundtable tonight with ​Daniel Lubarov [@dlubarov](https://twitter.com/dlubarov), ​Daniel Dore [@thesecretdore](https://twitter.com/thesecretdore) (Valida zkVM), Adrian Hamelink, [@\_weidai](https://twitter.com/_weidai)! 8-11PM, NYC [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/61cc141bfae60fce968f07317f80c2d0945660c8c1e85dd611eb5bad08370e58.jpg)](https://twitter.com/lita_xyz) [Lita Engineering](https://twitter.com/lita_xyz) [@lita\_xyz](https://twitter.com/lita_xyz) [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/lita_xyz/status/1821222949803761905) Today we are hosting a "next frontier of proving system and zkVMs" event at our [@libertyhouse\_\_](https://twitter.com/libertyhouse__) hacker house at 8-11pm. Come by if you're around NYC! Info + sign ups: [lu.ma/4hqcd748](https://t.co/aRF1hjQHtA) [![Like Icon](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/heart.png) 31](https://twitter.com/ventali_/status/1821243176197267559)[ 12:53 PM • Aug 7, 2024 ](https://twitter.com/ventali_/status/1821243176197267559) **Big announcement from the** [**Succinct Labs**](https://x.com/SuccinctLabs) **team: SP1's official production release! 🖥️** By simply writing Rust, any developer can create real-world ZKP applications. This is a huge step forward for the adoption of ZK technology. Congratulations to the [Succinct Labs](https://x.com/SuccinctLabs) team! 🎉 [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/d2f9e0901eb538c853438aa503f762aa7c9a59e728ee5738703867308597dddc.jpg)](https://twitter.com/SuccinctLabs) [Succinct](https://twitter.com/SuccinctLabs) [@SuccinctLabs](https://twitter.com/SuccinctLabs) [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/SuccinctLabs/status/1820853653173129393) SP1 is live and ready for production use. Our blazing fast zkVM enables any developer to create real-world ZKP applications by simply writing Rust. Let's make ZKPs MAINSTREAM. ![](https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1820850317443108864/pu/img/bOlDmh0J9PfZfVgu.jpg) [![Like Icon](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/heart.png) 699](https://twitter.com/SuccinctLabs/status/1820853653173129393)[ 11:05 AM • Aug 6, 2024 ](https://twitter.com/SuccinctLabs/status/1820853653173129393) **A paper on two new SNARKs, Pari and Garuda, was published by** [**Pratyush Mishra**](https://x.com/zkproofs)**,** [**Alireza Shirzad**](https://x.com/alrshirzad)**, and Michel Dellepere.** The authors claim that: ✅ Pari is the smallest known SNARK. ✅ And Garuda reduces proof generation time by supporting arbitrary “custom” gates and free linear gates. [**Zircuit**](https://x.com/ZircuitL2) **announced that their Mainnet Phase 1 is Live! ⚡️** This is a major milestone in their pursuit of a secure and efficient platform for decentralized applications. We're excited to see what the future holds for this project. [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/e9a7468a4d8206112025f84674dfa74f34ac635bcbc487dced483aabba98b047.jpg)](https://twitter.com/ZircuitL2) [Zircuit](https://twitter.com/ZircuitL2) [@ZircuitL2](https://twitter.com/ZircuitL2) [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/ZircuitL2/status/1820563304995254767) We’re excited to share that Mainnet Phase 1 is officially LIVE! Along with Mainnet we are announcing several new programs, including the Season 1 Airdrop Claim and Gas Mining. Launch thread below ![🧵](https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f9f5.png) ![](https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1820553200073945088/pu/img/ZhsuBo4-ERi0p7sD.jpg) [![Like Icon](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/heart.png) 641](https://twitter.com/ZircuitL2/status/1820563304995254767)[ 3:51 PM • Aug 5, 2024 ](https://twitter.com/ZircuitL2/status/1820563304995254767) Stay tuned:  🐦 [Twitter](https://x.com/alignedlayer) | 🗨️ [Telegram](https://t.me/aligned_layer?ref=blog.alignedlayer.com) | 👾 [Discord](https://discord.com/invite/alignedlayer?ref=blog.alignedlayer.com) | 🌐 [Website](https://alignedlayer.com/?ref=blog.alignedlayer.com) | 🌌 [Galxe](https://app.galxe.com/quest/Aligned) | 📝 [Manifesto](https://mirror.xyz/0x7794D1c55568270A81D8Bf39e1bcE96BEaC10901/rOya8TwZvj_8kTpjDPVwTuNc1UcS0VLUr1t2nhCxYj8) --- *Originally published on [Aligned](https://paragraph.com/@aligned-3/zk-news-5th-11th-august-24)*