After 16 weeks of RIGOROUS grind at @Web3Bridge, participating in their Zero Knowledge program; My team built a full shielded token stack on EVM for private token transfers and I’m sharing both a demo video (Privacy native wallet extension + User facing dApp UX) and the technical paper in this post. Architecture: Noir circuit + Barretenberg/Aztec UltraHonk proving + Solidity verifier + relayer + client-side note discovery. Model: UTXO-style notes with - commitment = Poseidon(owner_pk, token_field, amount, blinding), - Nullifier-based one-time spends (nullifier = Poseidon(spending_key, commitment)), - Depth-20 incremental Merkle tree + rolling root window, fixed public input lanes, and mode-gated constraints for transfer/unshield. - ShieldedERC20Pool (multi-token allowlisted pool) with routed encrypted note delivery (RoutedCommitment) using ECDH + HKDF-SHA256 + AES-GCM, and channel/subchannel for note discovery. Design goal is explicit: private in-pool state transitions with verifiable integrity, while shield/unshield remain honest public boundary actions. If you watch the video + read the paper, you’ll see both the privacy native wallet extension and the user facing dapp full loop working end-to-end: shield → private transfer(s) → note scan/decrypt → nullifier checks → unshield. Big shout out to the mentors holding our hands throughout the duration of the program. The knowledge passed has been invaluable. @WiseMrMusa, @only1franchesco, @Oba_Ddev, @Dev_esayayo. Next steps for us are; - Production hardening and compliance-by-design - Formal security review/audit of circuits/contracts/relayer, wallet key-management hardening (secure enclaves/HSM-backed options), relayer auth + anti-replay protections - Performance tuning for proof latency/UX. - In parallel, we’ll implement a compliance layer that preserves base protocol privacy while enabling jurisdiction-aware controls at the app edge (sanctions/geo screening for boundary actions, risk scoring/transaction monitoring, optional disclosure and auditable consent flows for regulated contexts), alongside legal review and phased rollout with testnet pilots before mainnet. Read technical document here: drive.google.com/file/d/1oDq… References / lineage: (@Zcash) Zcash protocol (UTXO commitments, nullifiers, shielded value flow) (@Ztark_Labs) STRK20 shielded token design direction (@aztecnetwork) Aztec/Barretenberg UltraHonk proving system Noir language/tooling for circuit authoring.

We’ll be live tomorrow! Come share your CowryPay experience, feedback, and what you’d love to see next. Hope to see you there!❤️

Happy Friday builders 🟧🎉

It’s amazing what you can build on @Stacks with Scaffold Stacks. We’ve taken the friction out of building, so you can go from idea to a working dApp faster. Don’t take our word for it, put it to the test. Join the Scaffold Stacks 20 builders challenge hosted on @zeroauthdao. 6 days left. tick tock⏳ zeroauthoritydao.com/bounty/…

There are no limits to what you can build on @Stacks, using Scaffold Stacks. Voting systems, AI spending guardrails, payment rails, whatever's in your head is fair game. Think the idea, validate it, build using Scaffold Stacks, iterate easily, ship it.

Simple, useful use case: create a poll, connect a wallet, vote once per address, with results tallied live on testnet. And it's just the start, the tooling scales with whatever you're building on @Stacks. The imagination has no limit: DeFi, lending, voting, whatever you can think of. You worry about the logic, we give you the tooling to build and iterate faster.

A new Bitcoin DeFi frontier for Institutional adoption, with native BTC yield and zero counterparty risk, is officially here! On Sept 10, @Stacks launched the Genesis Bond, locking 250 BTC from heavyweights like @21shares, @HashKeyCloud, @UTXOmgmt, and @syphercapital. 🔒 Pure L1 Custody: BTC stays locked directly on Bitcoin L1 using standard timelock scripts paired with a 5% blockstack:native position. ⚡ Real Yield: Earn a target 3% APY in real bitcoin:native, funded directly by miner bids every block, not recycled lending. 🏢 Enterprise-grade: Built for institutions using @FireblocksHQ infrastructure. Period 2 opens this October to expand institutional capacity. And for everyday holders? You aren't left out. You can tap into this same yield tranche using sBTC or stBTC via @StackingDao.

The possibilities with Scaffold Stacks are wide open. Think it. Build it. Ship it on @Stacks fast. 8 days left to join the Scaffold Stacks Builders Challenge hosted on @zeroauthdao. Build something, push Scaffold Stacks to its limits, and show us what you can ship. Get in:
zeroauthoritydao.com/bounty/…

What can you build on @Stacks with Scaffold Stacks? Start simple: a voting app, onchain guestbook, token, NFT collection, or crowdfunding page. Or you could take it further: build an escrow for a marketplace, event tickets with onchain verification, a community treasury, a subscription app, a rewards program, payment rails or a dashboard that lets users interact with your contract. These are starting points, not a fixed list. Pick a problem and ship a working dApp on Stacks with scaffold stacks in less than 30 mins. Put an idea to the test in our 20 Builders challenge. Join here: zeroauthoritydao.com/bounty/…

10 days to go! Builders are shipping🟧. It’s this easy to build on @Stacks with scaffold stacks. Get in! Join the builder challenge : zeroauthoritydao.com/bounty/…

When we created @zeroauthdao, we aimed to assist new apps in launching. It’s fantastic to see a new app development platform emerging on stacks! Give it a shot and create an app using stacks!

Tick-tock. 12 days left. ⏳ Build a @Stacks dApp with Scaffold Stacks. Deploy your contract to testnet, publish the frontend, open-source your code, and share your feedback. 20 verified builders. $10 USDCx each. Details here: zeroauthoritydao.com/bounty/…

Deploying a contract to @Stacks testnet in 30 seconds using the stacksdapp cli powering scaffold stacks. Step 1 : Configure your deployer mnemonic in testnet.toml Step 2 : Run the stacksdapp cli deploy command. Want to put it to test? Join the scaffold stacks 20 builders challenge on @zeroauthdao and stand a chance to earn $10 in participation reward. Join here: zeroauthoritydao.com/bounty/… Documentation: scaffoldstacks.mintlify.app

Had an amazing time speaking at the @SpaceTradeHQ office launch last week. Solid event I must say!🎉🎊🎈.

🚨 $20,000 BOUNTY: Help protect Bitcoin from quantum computers. @StarkWareLtd recently completed the first Quantum-Safe Bitcoin transaction on mainnet, with zero soft forks required. However, it took 3,100 GPU-hours and 100 GPUs just to process one transaction. It works, but it needs to be faster and cheaper. That’s why @StarkWareLtd, @yukonresearch, and @eigenlabs just launched the Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Autoresearch Challenge: 💰 $20,000+ total prize pool ⚡ $2,000 distributed in Week 1 🤖 Open to devs, researchers, and AI agents 🎯 Mission: Optimize off-chain GPU execution, signature grinding, and transaction pinning If you can crush the GPU compute costs, the bounty is yours. @Starknet

Submissions are officially open on @zeroauthdao for the Scaffold Stacks 20 Builders Challenge. How to participate: - Join the challenge through the link below. - Build a full-stack dApp USING SCAFFOLD STACKS. - Deploy your Clarity contract to Stacks testnet. - Publish a working frontend on Vercel. - Open-source the complete project on GitHub. - Share what you built and submit your project before the deadline. More information on submission criteria, useful links and tutorial videos are in the link below. 20 eligible builders will each receive a $10 participation reward from the $200 reward pool. If more than 20 submissions qualify, recipients will be selected based on functionality, originality, and feedback quality. Deadline: October 1, 2026 zeroauthoritydao.com/bounty/…

Is @Starknet quietly winning the 2026 privacy and post-quantum race? With the rollout of v0.14.2, strkBTC, the STRK20 standard, and hash-based STARK security, the network has evolved far beyond basic L2 throughput. I broke down the 2026 timeline and what it means for asset sovereignty in our latest video 👇 Which 2026 feature are you using most in your wallet? @StarkWareLtd @xverse

Scaffold Stacks @sfdstacks bounty on @zeroauthdao 20 builders. Two weeks Participation rewards. Your mission is to build and ship a full-stack Stacks dApp to testnet using Scaffold Stacks. Deadline: October 1, 2026

If you’ve been meaning to build on @Stacks, this is a good place to start. Two weeks to ship a working testnet dApp with @sfdstacks and tell honestly where the experience works and where it doesn’t. 20 builders. $200 participation pool. Let’s build🟧