# ZK-Roller-Coaster #17 By [Taiko Labs](https://paragraph.com/@taiko-labs) · 2023-11-22 --- This is the 17th edition of ZK-Roller-Coaster where we track and investigate the most exciting, meaningful, and crazy ZK-stuff of the prior two weeks. _Disclaimer: this is a collection of tweets, writings, videos, and other materials; these don’t express our opinion and may not necessarily be accurate. Please do (or continue) your own research._ Hold on tight! 🎢 Spice of the weeks 🍿 --------------------- * A new L2 [entered the chat](https://twitter.com/Blast_L2/status/1726747087906464024): Blast, Ethereum L2 with native yield for ETH and stablecoins. * This offer was [skeptically met](https://twitter.com/adietrichs/status/1726973122400989520?s=46&t=GU8UwA_mFTabNhZNAn0o-w) by the community, pointing to ponzi-style approach and some doubts about general economic sustainability: “\[…\] taking user funds and investing them, while calling it “risk-free”, is straight out of the FTX playbook \[…\]”, “This is a very bad idea. ETH and liquid staking derivatives are different assets with different risk profiles (and rewards), and users should have a choice about which one they want to use. The same is true for different types of stablecoins” – Dankrad [commented](https://twitter.com/dankrad/status/1726912734388765067?s=46&t=GU8UwA_mFTabNhZNAn0o-w). * Some [are skeptical](https://twitter.com/dmihal/status/1727254357354401901) about the future of L2s landscape: “\[…\] The L2 space used to be an elite community: the best researchers building complex ZK circuits, WASM interpreters & fault proofs. As it gets easier to fork & spin up an L2, we're going to see lots of degen tokenomics injected into new chains. Buckle up \[...\]” * A separate portion of skepticism [was addressed](https://x.com/soupdefi/status/1726978030554566971?s=20) [to Paradigm](https://twitter.com/search?q=paradigm&src=typed_query), the Blast’s investor: “\[…\] Paradigm 100% sold its account comparing its early investments to now completely different in almost every way, the reflinks, the ponzi, the branding, practically everything…”, “\[…\] Did **Paradigm** just turn into a pump and dump sweat shop? I used to respect them so much\[ …\]” * Tho, some people are pretty positive, waiting for airdrop and lucrative earnings (no links for airdrop guides, sorry 💔). ZK and rollups research 🧙 -------------------------- * A new [SNARK](https://twitter.com/UlvetannaHQ/status/1726593035121963112): based on towers of binary fields for prover-efficient verifiable computing. * A [blog post](https://x.com/SuccinctJT/status/1726657308615438734?s=20) by Justin Thaler delving into work just unveiled by Ben Diamond and Jim Posen (D&P) that, in his view, reshapes the landscape for hashing-based SNARKs. D&P have fine-tuned the Ligero/Brakedown polynomial commitment scheme. * A [paper](https://twitter.com/asanso/status/1717543480057094160?s=20) “Family of embedded curves for BLS” by asanso.eth. * FHE [in the](https://twitter.com/ewynx1/status/1725259660649730483?s=46&t=GU8UwA_mFTabNhZNAn0o-w) RISC Zero ZK-VM. * An [article](https://www.taceo.io/2023/10/10/how-to-choose-your-zk-friendly-hash-function/) “How to choose your ZK-friendly hash function?” by Roman Walch ([shared](https://twitter.com/0xsiva/status/1723586588838355452?s=46&t=GU8UwA_mFTabNhZNAn0o-w) by sivat.eth). * A new [data structure](https://twitter.com/smpalladino/status/1726961039030505485?s=46&t=GU8UwA_mFTabNhZNAn0o-w) to facilitate a configuration-like state in Aztec by Santiago Palladino. * A research [note](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/alternate-pbs-a-pbs-proposal-for-based-rollups/2672) “Alternate PBS: A PBS Proposal for Based Rollups” and a Twitter [thread](https://twitter.com/conormcmenamin9/status/1726551056069562675?s=46) wrapping the note by Conor McMenamin. ZK and rollups updates 🎈 ------------------------- * Weekly DeFi [Roundup](https://twitter.com/0xPolygonDeFi/status/1726696891549696126) by Polygon. * Near Foundation [announced](https://www.theblock.co/post/262626/near-foundation-partners-with-eigen-labs-for-more-efficient-ethereum-rollup-transactions) a partnership with Eigen Labs for more efficient Ethereum rollup transactions. * [ZKP2P](https://twitter.com/oskarth/status/1725438732281458857) – trust-minimized on-ramp to crypto w/o KYC in <2m. * Succinct Labs [announced](https://twitter.com/succinctlabs/status/1724126315798733101?s=46&t=GU8UwA_mFTabNhZNAn0o-w) Succinct – a tool for the developer community to collaborate on applications, proof systems, and proving infrastructure. * Ingonyama [announced](https://twitter.com/ingo_zk/status/1723101301364437504?s=46&t=GU8UwA_mFTabNhZNAn0o-w) ZK-Containers. Containers are one of the foundational technologies used today in cloud computing. They are frequently used in AI, for example, to deploy and scale AI workloads. * Centralized exchange OKX [announced](https://blockworks.co/news/okx-launching-l2-polygon) the launch of a decentralized L2 with Polygon CDK. * Lattice [announced](https://twitter.com/latticexyz/status/1724744074089943051?s=20) Redstone, a cost-effective L2 for on-chain games, worlds, and other ambitious applications. Redstone is a Plasma-inspired Alt-DA chain built on the OP Stack. * [zkLink](https://twitter.com/zkLink_Official/status/1725142409468694664?s=20) – ZKP-based, multi-rollup Layer 3. Non-ZK industry highlights and research 🎡 ------------------------------------------ * [RIP-7560](https://twitter.com/johnrising_/status/1725172039445528915?s=46&t=GU8UwA_mFTabNhZNAn0o-w): Native Account Abstraction. * An ethresearch [post](https://twitter.com/soispoke/status/1723004994725503427?s=46&t=GU8UwA_mFTabNhZNAn0o-w) ”The Costs of Censorship: A Modeling and Simulation Approach to Inclusion Lists.” Opportunities and events 🏄‍♀️ ------------------------------ * Postdoc [opening](https://twitter.com/BenjWeso/status/1726613133165564198?s=20) in post-quantum cryptography in Lyon! Apply if you like either crypto, number theory, lattices, isogenies, or all of these! Readings and watchings 🎞 ------------------------- **General** * The [recordings](https://twitter.com/ethconomics/status/1725469733565452687) of ETHconomics Istanbul. * A [zeroknowledge.fm](http://zeroknowledge.fm) [episode](https://twitter.com/zksync/status/1726608109882494985?s=20) “Catch up on zkSync with Alex G.” * An [article](https://twitter.com/apolynya/status/1725363570068660370?s=46&t=GU8UwA_mFTabNhZNAn0o-w) “The horrific inefficiencies of monolithic blockchains” by polynya. * An [article](https://twitter.com/apolynya/status/1726070694000160900?s=20) “So, what should we do?” by polynya. * An [article](https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1724398504322216069?s=20) “Exit games for EVM validiums: the return of Plasma” by Vitalik. Fun of the week 🍩 ------------------ [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/c533c479ac94d61404f2dc370ba50d4091a28495481ddbdcfa63d710a00e0e93.jpg)](https://twitter.com/ai_overlord_new) [📱](https://twitter.com/ai_overlord_new) [@ai\_overlord\_new](https://twitter.com/ai_overlord_new) [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/ai_overlord_new/status/1725479350672236929) [#PROGCRYPTO](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PROGCRYPTO) [@barrywhitehat](https://twitter.com/barrywhitehat) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/09721a10c669a83af62d70c6e349ca0a33da9bfdb92b344d36c54bb304102bdf.jpg) [![Like Icon](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/heart.png) 29](https://twitter.com/ai_overlord_new/status/1725479350672236929)[ 5:41 AM • Nov 17, 2023 ](https://twitter.com/ai_overlord_new/status/1725479350672236929) [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/80a6e293d33f6a6ee761399cbe3fc20d42f5ee8e282e014e32ce14ee4ae29f46.jpg)](https://twitter.com/kobigurk) [Kobi Gurkan](https://twitter.com/kobigurk) [@kobigurk](https://twitter.com/kobigurk) [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/kobigurk/status/1726679611747238243) JUST IN: Sam Altman now exists in a quantum superposition state, where he's both CEO at OpenAI and not [![Like Icon](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/heart.png) 221](https://twitter.com/kobigurk/status/1726679611747238243)[ 1:11 PM • Nov 20, 2023 ](https://twitter.com/kobigurk/status/1726679611747238243) Thank you for reading the 17th edition of ZK-Roller-Coaster. 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