More than 4,300 comments from 177 countries, which is a new world record for the largest reliable installation in history. It looks like we will start the new year with a bang 💥 We have completed our trusted setup, and the results are already there! With your help, we have completed the largest and most diverse trusted installation in history.

“The widespread adoption of a self-sovereign web3 relies in large part on the innovation of trustless privacy-preserving mechanisms such as zero-knowledge proofs. I’m thrilled to see the forefront of that innovation happening in the Polkadot ecosystem,” stated Dr. Gavin Wood, Chief Architect at Parity Tech. “Manta Network’s recent record-breaking trusted setup and the upcoming launch of MantaPay showcase the tremendous innovation in this field.”

Ending officially on December 29th, we saw over 13,000 registrations and 4,328 contributions from 177 countries; Manta Network has broken the world record for having the largest trusted setup in history.