It has been a great journey, thanks @Cardano for the invitation!
Zero-knowledge cryptography is live on Cardano. In this Developers Office Hour, Agustín Salinas (@modp_) details the journey of building ZK tooling on-chain, utilizing Plutus V3, and implementing the recent Powers of Tau (PTAU) trusted setup ceremony for secure, low-overhead Groth16 and Plonk validation. Full session video below. 👇
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🚀 Zero-Knowledge on Cardano: The Journey to PTAU Join @modp_ to explore Modulo-P's journey building ZK tooling on Cardano and the path to the PTAU ceremony. 📅 Fri, 10 July 🕑 14:00 UTC 🔗 app.addevent.com/calendar/TG…
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Self Disclosure Privacy using ZK Proofs, Demonstrated & Executed Directly on Cardano Preview I built a demo where a customer buys a beer and proves they are 18 or over, without ever showing their ID. No name. No birth year. No photo. Just maths. Two beers were ordered. Two separate transactions. The same proof, reused, no re-verification needed. The blockchain recorded "age verified" both times. That's all it knows. No name. No address. No date of birth. No photo. No personal data of any kind. This runs entirely and directly on Cardano. No sidechains. No L2s. No off-chain verification. The ZK proof is checked by the Plutus V3 validator itself, on-chain, using Groth16. And this isn't just for bars, it works for shops, website signups, any age-restricted service. One credential, reused anywhere. Self disclosure means you choose what to share, and in this case, the customer chose to share nothing except "yes, I'm old enough, give me a nice cold beer." 🍺 Massive shout out to everybody involved in the below! Aiken smart contract language on Cardano (please don't judge my Aiken... I know it's bad 😂) ak-381 by Modulo-P, Groth16 SNARK verification library for BLS12-381 on Aiken Circom + snarkjs, ZK circuit design and proof generation MeshSDK, transaction building and wallet management Blockfrost, blockchain data provider A basic demo to set the stage for further privacy enhancements that can occur directly on Cardano. Self disclosure privacy on Cardano Cheers Cardano 🍻🍻 Beer 1 preview.cardanoscan.io/trans… Beer 2 preview.cardanoscan.io/trans…
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🏳 Documentary: The world’s first decentralized Electronic Music Festival was produced by a DAO on @Cardano using @Clarity_DAO with 1K governance actions 🔊 Hear their testimonies and consider our 2 Catalyst Fund14 Proposals to viralize 6 replicable Cardano DAO use-case models 🏁
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It was exciting working with these amazing teams!
A great experience working with @eryxcoop and @modp_ Cardano will massively improve with more ZK capabilities!!
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Got to showcase the @midgardprotocol PoC demo publicly coming to life for the first time in front of Cardano devs at @buidler_fest today — first sparks of a beautiful machine. It’s alive! 👾
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Proposing a vision for privacy in Cardano
Privacy isn’t optional — it’s foundational. Check out the presentation of Cardano Privacy Layer by Agustin Salinas. @modp_ 🔐🔐
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Support Privacy ✅Privacy is a right that allows users to control their data and fosters a censorship-resilient network. ✅Privacy-focused protocols across the crypto ecosystem represent over $8B in market cap—roughly one-third of Cardano's own. And overall, is a huge ecosystem with many developers and users. ✅Ethereum has a privacy roadmap, supported by the Ethereum Foundation and Vitalik Buterin. In contrast, Cardano currently holds a weak position in the privacy space. ¿How to bring more privacy capabilities to Cardano? General privacy protocol: Development of base protocol that has multiple applications such as voting, private identity verification and mixing. A Descentralized Relay Network: Development of a network of relays that ensure user anonymity. How will this benefit Cardano? ✅ Strengthen Cardano as a more privacy platform. ✅ Increase the Cardano ecosystem growth. Makes Cardano attractive for ZK developers (~2000/month according to developerreport.com) and users that require privacy. ✅ It will inject liquidity into the Cardano ecosystem. Attracts privacy-seeking capital (~$8B+) and potential institutional flows. ✅ Privacy is a Core Crypto Value Together with @modp_ we have the experience to Make Cardano Cypherpunk Again.
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What did we achieve in Milestone 1? 🔹 Conducted in-depth research 🔹 Defined the system’s design 🔹 Wrote a preliminary specification for implementation Read our findings here: github.com/eryxcoop/cardano-…
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We are very happy! :D We deeply thank the community for their support. The PoI proposal ranked in the top 2 for votes per wallet during the Concept Challenge. We feel your support! We are going to do the best with this opportunity. Word. @ENCOINS1 @eryxcoop @cryptoraccoons_
What a responsibility! Three proposals funded in this @Catalyst_onX F13 develop Cardano's ZK ecosystem! Thanks for the support of the whole community! Proof of Innocence Groth16 ZKAiken
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Thank you, Cardano community, for your incredible support to Zero-Knowledge Proof of Innocence on Cardano - Encoins - @modp_ @eryxcoop While it may not be enough as the CF voted with 180M ADA across 45 proposals (108% of the track’s total funds), community votes show a strong interest in ZK solutions. We'll strive to implement this regardless. 🙏 🔐
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Zero Knowledge Solutions Building on Cardano | ZK Tech on Cardano nitter.net/i/broadcasts/1vAxROqBe…
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Thank you, Cardano community, for your incredible support to Zero-Knowledge Proof of Innocence on Cardano - Encoins - @modp_ @eryxcoop While it may not be enough as the CF voted with 180M ADA across 45 proposals (108% of the track’s total funds), community votes show a strong interest in ZK solutions. We'll strive to implement this regardless. 🙏 🔐
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Help us bring Zero-Knowledge Proof of Innocence on Cardano to life! Our proposal is tied for 2nd place in votes under the Concept category, yet was not selected by the @Cardano_CF shortlist. Your support matters more than ever! Let's make this happen together. 💪
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Wish I've known @Cardano_CF was going to flood Fund 13 with its voting power. At least I can stop worrying about promoting proposals and take some sort of vacation. I certainly need one.
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This is perhaps the most emotional and raw speech I've ever given. Thanks to everyone for giving me an opportunity to share my passion, vision, and love with you all piped.video/0EVY2dIhP9g?si=xP84…
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Hey Cardano Fam, I’m excited to share my three #Catalyst proposals for Fund 13, all designed to foster the growth and development of the #Cardano community. 🌟
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Grateful to sign the Cardano Constitution as one of the representatives of Buenos Aires. It was a huge honor to be with incredible people from 50+ countries at this historic moment of Cardano. 🏆📖 @IOHK_Charles @IntersectMBO @joseiadicicco #Cardano #BlockchainForGood”
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