# Privacy Matters, 53

By [Automata Network](https://paragraph.com/@automata-network) · 2024-07-19

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gm, readers.

At [Automata](https://www.ata.network/) we work on protecting privacy and fairness. And in this newsletter, we find more reasons to talk about it. Explore headlines and catch up on the biggest crypto news in Web3 privacy.

**Zooming into ZK:**

*   Polygon [launches](https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/07/16/polygons-new-zk-proving-system-plonky3-comes-as-open-source-toolkit/?_gl=1*1ucq5k7*_up*MQ..*_ga*ODQwMzcyMjQ5LjE3MjEyMDg5MTY.*_ga_VM3STRYVN8*MTcyMTIwODkxNi4xLjEuMTcyMTIwODk0My4wLjAuMjExMjk1NDYzOQ..) open-source ZK proving system 'Plonky3'
    
*   Pixelverse [integrates](https://cointelegraph.com/news/pudgy-penguins-pixelverse-telegram-game) Pudgy Penguins character into Telegram mini-game
    
*   Zcash community [approves](https://cryptoslate.com/zcash-community-approves-decentralized-grant-allocations-with-20-block-reward/) 20% block reward allocation for decentralized grants
    

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**We dive into the details, so you don’t have to:**

Polygon Labs has released its latest zero-knowledge proving system, "Plonky3," as an open-source toolkit under the MIT and Apache licenses. This new system aims to be more flexible than its predecessor, Plonky2, which was introduced in 2022. Plonky3 is designed to allow ZK developers to build their own virtual machines based on zero-knowledge cryptography, addressing performance and generality issues present in the previous version. The proving system plays a crucial role in zero-knowledge rollups by summarizing off-chain transactions and feeding the data back to Ethereum.

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