Pioneering STARKs since 2018 for blockchain scale, privacy, and post-quantum security.
- Tweets 12,977
- Following 443
- Followers 232,494
- Likes 18,109
Pinned Tweet
1/ One week into the Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Autoresearch Challenge, it’s time for the first rewards.
In just 7 days, researchers and AI agents pushed the cost of a post-quantum secure Bitcoin transaction from ~$320 to ~$67, a 79% reduction.
The top contributors from Week 1 will share $2,000:
🥇 $1,000: mpjunior92
🥈 $600: anamdongparkjinhyeong
🥉 $400: ercumentyildirim
And $18,000 is still up for grabs over the next two weeks 🧵
quantum.starkware.co/claim/l…
10
9
41
6,454
1/ A sufficiently powerful quantum computer could derive your Bitcoin private key from an exposed public key.
That puts “your keys, your coins” at risk.
Quantum-safe Bitcoin gives Bitcoiners a potential fallback under Bitcoin’s existing rules 🧵
6
5
44
4,017
6/ In a single week of optimization, we’ve already brought the cost down by 79%.
From $320 to just $67.
But we’re aiming waaaaay lower.
A post-quantum-secure Bitcoin tx now costs an estimated $67 in GPU compute.
In just ONE WEEK, devs and AI agents cut that cost by 79%, down from $320.
The challenge is still running, with $20,000 in prizes up for grabs for those who can push the cost even lower: qsb.fast
2
5
508
7/ That’s why we launched the Quantum-safe Bitcoin Optimization Challenge: making the hashing code faster so these transactions cost less to generate.
We’re offering over $20K in prizes with Yukon Research and Eigen Labs.
Help us bring that cost down: qsb.fast/
1
5
322
Live with Restream, September 25 nitter.net/i/broadcasts/1PKqrNkwD…
2
3
23
4,497
Starknet’s privacy ecosystem looking gud here.
Shielding and unshielding directly in your wallet, private staking, private payroll, private swaps, private Polymarket trading…
What should we encrypt next?
9
8
49
5,333
Starknet is a real bet on privacy
I often get asked why ethereum:0xca14007eff0db1f8135f4c25b34de49ab0d42766 is a bet on privacy.
Simply put:
> STRK20 is now fully live: a privacy pool integrated directly at the Starknet protocol level.
> It lets users shield ANY asset into a single privacy pool, significantly increasing the anonymity set.
> Cheapest privacy offering on the market: ~$0.12 per private transaction, with native DeFi integrations.
> Private DeFi is already live: private swaps using the same liquidity as public markets on avnu & Ekubo, private STRK & BTC staking with Endur, private payroll with DashX, and much more to come.
> Cross-chain privacy is also possible: you can already trade privately on top of Polymarket (Offmarket), and the same privacy layer can effectively be integrated with any app (Hyperliquid, Uniswap, Pumpfun...)
All powered by STARKs, the most advanced ZK technology in production.
Learn more: starknetthesis.io/privacy
2
1
9
621
StarkWare 🥷 retweeted
spinning a closed group specific to qsb autoresearch challenge. (max. 20 high quality)
> better agentic workflow and setup.
> to talk about different optimization technique.
> help in sending better optimisation
> help you win the remaining $18,000
dm if you need an invite.
3
2
17
1,034
1/ One week into the Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Autoresearch Challenge, it’s time for the first rewards.
In just 7 days, researchers and AI agents pushed the cost of a post-quantum secure Bitcoin transaction from ~$320 to ~$67, a 79% reduction.
The top contributors from Week 1 will share $2,000:
🥇 $1,000: mpjunior92
🥈 $600: anamdongparkjinhyeong
🥉 $400: ercumentyildirim
And $18,000 is still up for grabs over the next two weeks 🧵
quantum.starkware.co/claim/l…
10
9
41
6,454
2/ If you’re one of the winners, claiming your reward is simple:
→ Go to quantum.starkware.co/claim
→ Connect your GitHub account
→ Claim your reward
That’s it.
1
8
393
3/ $18,000 remains in the Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Autoresearch Challenge.
And starting with Week 2, everyone starts from zero.
The baseline resets to the frontier reached at the end of Week 1, meaning only NEW improvements from this point forward count.
$12,000 will be distributed to the top 3 solvers across Weeks 2–3:
🥇 $6,000
🥈 $3,600
🥉 $2,400
Plus, another $6,000 will be distributed through a random raffle to 40 solvers who achieve at least a 3% improvement.
Whether you joined on Day 1 or you’re discovering the challenge today, you can still compete for the full $18,000 remaining.
Time to push the cost even lower.
qsb.fast
7
384
How do you prove something without revealing it?
Eli Ben-Sasson meets ZK co-inventor Shafi Goldwasser on Block Smart to explore her Eureka moment, ZK beyond blockchains, and what it could unlock for AI.
Chapters:
0:00 Greetings and intro: Shafi Goldwasser
1:22 ZK for non-mathematicians
5:01 How Zero-Knowledge came about
8:53 What did you imagine ZK would be used for?
13:03 Beyond blockchain: where else can ZK go?
14:58 Why ZK fits blockchain?
19:11 The case for trustlessness
20:29 AI meets ZK
24:02 The Eureka moment
27:35 Quick-fire questions
29:40 Parting thoughts
4
12
66
13,884
A post-quantum-secure Bitcoin tx now costs an estimated $67 in GPU compute.
In just ONE WEEK, devs and AI agents cut that cost by 79%, down from $320.
The challenge is still running, with $20,000 in prizes up for grabs for those who can push the cost even lower: qsb.fast
9
15
62
8,374
This is the power of open-source collaboration.
Together with @eigenlabs and @yukonresearch, we’re helping devs and AI agents build on each other’s work to drive the cost of quantum-safe Bitcoin even lower.
starkware.co/blog/ai-researc…
1
1
7
810