Final step!
Massive kudos to the teams working HARD to make this possible.
zkApps on mainnet is an industry-first technical achievement
Lots of work beyond the upgrade to improve performance and get products into people’s hands, but this is a huge step
After a successful upgrade of the testnet, Upgrade Mechanism Testing (UMT) has now concluded.
Up next, participants from across the ecosystem will work together to upgrade Mina’s Devnet, the final step before the mainnet upgrade!
Shoutout to each and every builder in the
@MinaProtocol
ecosystem who decided to go full-time building zkApps.
in a year where ecosystems lost 15% of their full-time devs on avg, Mina grew over 100%...
we're just getting started 🏗️🏗️🏗️
zkIgnite COHORT 3
2M MINA budget!!!!!
Proposals due Jan 31, 2024
Mina's mainnet upgrade is COMING SOON.
If you've been waiting on the sidelines OR you're choosing where to build your zk project... get involved.
Over 160 zkApp and dev tooling proposals submitted as part of
#zkIgnite
on
@MinaProtocol
If you’re wondering who’s building during the bear, look no further.
JUNE 4
It's taken a while, but bringing zkApps to mainnet is a huge feat.
massive props to the teams who have been working on this for years.
just the beginning.
Just finished reading 'Friendly Ambitious Nerd' by
@visakanv
Can't remember a singular work of art that I've resonated with so deeply (on both a personal AND professional level).
Was gonna send this in a DM, but figured I should start practicing 'reply game'. Fav snippets:
zkIgnite Cohort 1 results are in...
83% of teams successfully delivered their projects to the
@MinaProtocol
community 🔥
Noteworthy bc 100% of the USDC grants (500k) were paid UPFRONT. MINA tokens were granted upon delivery, which was determined by community elector voting 🤌
Mina will be the same size in 1000 years (assuming the world doesnt burn).
Again, that's real - not just theoretical.
As usage increases in other networks, there's a natural trend towards centralization... the participants who can access the chain directly is limited by who
first zkApp deployed on mainnet 😎
wallets are undergoing audits for zkApp integration, but this is a good start.
shoutout to
@RaidasG
for pushing forward.
Mina's mainnet upgrade tomorrow is a massive step forward for the zk space.
REMINDER: the core protocol has been rigorously tested for the upgrade, while applications are responsible for their own testing.
DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH when interacting w/ apps or sending funds.
we're moving into the proposal voting stage for zkIgnite... 166 proposals & a staggering 898 comments...
this is what real community looks like!
zkApps are coming... fast.
The upgrade process is complete!
And with it, Mina becomes the first ZK blockchain with general purpose ZK programmability on mainnet
Cheers to the testers, node operators, partners, exchanges,
@o1_labs
, and our community who made it possible 💜
@MinaDevelopers
time to build
@ArthurB
@zengjiajun_eth
IMO in 10 years, all rollups will be ZK and will commit blocks with finalized state roots to L1 every slot. It will take a lot of infrastructure and prover optimization to get there, but that's the clear endgame.
With the exception of Mina, every major L1 has to battle state bloat because they scale O of N in block size, where N is transactions.
Mina scales O of 1 in block size. You don't need the block to verify the entire chain, you just need a proof to verify that the current state is
must watch
1/ Vitalik on ethereum's ideal state at DevCon:
“what would I love to see Ethereum look like 10 years from now: imagine a world where everyone runs a node on their phone, every twelve seconds a block comes in which contains 3.6 mbs of data..
"The privacy transition - making sure privacy-preserving funds transfers are available, and making sure all of the other gadgets that are being developed (social recovery, identity, reputation) are privacy-preserving"
Mina = programmable privacy on the app layer
🤜🤛
a quick explainer on zkApps vs smart contracts on Mina
Smart contract platforms like Ethereum are sequential. They're not concurrent. Actions come in concurrently, but they're executed completely sequentially.
zkApps on Mina are accounts that are receiving updates that are
attention
@MinaProtocol
builders!
Deadline to submit your projects for the Mina Navigators hackathon is midnight PST this Friday, 10th of November.
we are using Mina's first on-chain credentialing tool,
@socialcap_
for hackathon submissions and private voting. Visit
Why Mina?
We envision a world where every web application has the ability to create and consume proofs.
Billions of zk proofs will be passed around the ‘proof layer' on a daily basis. Trust on the internet depends on it.
We believe
@MinaProtocol
is best designed to become the
'full-time' is the most important indicator when thinking about compound interest over time.
2024 is about to get interesting for
@MinaDevelopers
🧑🍳🧑🍳🧑🍳
26/ If we consider the most commited developers (pun intended because they commit the most code), we can look at only the fastest growing ecosystems.
@Aztecnetwork
,
@MinaProtocol
,
@Scroll_ZKP
,
@CelestiaOrg
and several others are building a base of Full-time developers.
Today was a special one in the
@MinaProtocol
ecosystem.
24 new projects have been funded via zkIgnite Cohort 2
Most impressed by all the teams who didn't get funded, but still showed up and gave their support... the zkignite discord channel is popping off with good vibes right
5/ end quote.
Not only is this theoretically possible, this is how
@MinaProtocol
works and has been live on mainnet for over a year and a half
you can verify the entire history of the mina blockchain in a single, recursive zk-SNARK (bridge to ethereum coming soon 👀🔥)
Starting to see some interesting games emerge via the
@proto_kit
framework on
@MinaProtocol
check out TileVille, a strategic city development game built by
@satyambnsal
(rebranded)
Reminder: modern cars are highly networked computers and are a privacy nightmare.
Very under-explored sector for privacy improvements. Some "fancy ZK" but also some plain boring "collect and track less stuff please".
Would recommend revisiting this for anyone interested in “why Mina” and the importance of a forever-succinct L1
Thanks
@bkase_
@SebastienGllmt
and
@rpanic46
for the wisdom, and
@AnnaRRose
for having us on 🙏
in case you missed it, we're moving all Navigators proposals to the discourse forum, Mina Research.
first up:
Provable verification of JSON Web Tokens by
@0xStruct
"Lots of people’s intuitions are calibrated for this 20,000-person universe. But you don’t actually live in 20,000-person universe, you live in a 8,000,000,000 + person universe."
recursion isn't theoretical on
@MinaProtocol
, it's in production and accessible for zkApp devs.
well done
@AeriusLabs
for delivering REAL value to the end user
10+ companies founded as a result of cohort 1.
Going to be even more for cohort 2.
This is a real opportunity to build something groundbreaking with zk.
also, you keep 100% of your IP... it pays to be early 🔥
Who's joining?
You can build decentralized applications that solve real-world problems and leverage ZK proofs in zkIgnite, Cohort 2 ⚡️
Here are 3 things you need to know about the Mina incubator program 🧵
Read the blog for full details →
10/ Thanks to our succinct zkVM you can implement fully on-chain provable runtime modules, with native support for zk-proof as arguments.
P.S.: To prevent double-spending of the airdrop claims, you would have to add nullifiers into the mix as well.
Great breakdown on the power of recursion for applications... anyone who has gone deep enough into Mina and o1js figures this out, but it needs to be shouted from the rooftops.
@zkLocus
is one to watch.
"zkLocus offers native roll-up functionality. This means that zkLocus
🚀 Unveiling zkLocus 🚀
zkLocus is a groundbreaking Zero-Knowledge, cross-chain application revolutionizing private & verifiable geolocation sharing! Dive into our latest blog for an in-depth look at this disruptive tech.
#zkLocus
#Web3
🌐🔒
🧵1/11
HTTP (S): authority body issues certificate of authenticity to the server, protocol checks the certificate is valid and encrypts traffic.
HTTP (z): create a proof that verifies the authenticity signed data (or senders). Anyone can check that proof against the blockchain.
Week 1 of
#zkIgnite
is all about discussing ideas and sharing insights about the potential of zkApps.
there's a lot of interesting ideas being shared already (like this one!)
if you're curious about zk proofs and how they can be implemented at the app layer, get involved!!!
zkApps explainer (continued)
A zkApp is essentially a summary of proven statements located within an account on the Mina blockchain (inside of the Mina ledger).
Users can interact with zkApps by sending special “zkApp transactions” to the Mina blockchain. These zkApp
a quick explainer on zkApps vs smart contracts on Mina
Smart contract platforms like Ethereum are sequential. They're not concurrent. Actions come in concurrently, but they're executed completely sequentially.
zkApps on Mina are accounts that are receiving updates that are
Big news today for
#o1js
!
Two of our most requested features, Keccak hashing and ECDSA signature verification, have just landed in o1js v0.15.1
Let’s take a look at why we’ve worked hard to deliver these features and the use cases they unlock 🧵
I've got 5 free codes for
@TileVilleSocial
! 1500 MINA up for grabs for the top scorers.
I'll DM the first 5 to comment here and follow
@TileVilleSocial
.
Thanks to
@satyambnsal
for pushing forward gaming on Mina! This is a fun one.
1/ The
@MinaFoundation
Navigators grant program has been running for 6 months and the Season 1 coming to a close , we are now in the final stretch. We have organised two demo days for the leading 12 projects who will compete for 250,000 MINA.
As the Winners for the first Cohort of
@MinaProtocol
@MinaDevelopers
zkIgnite have been announced, I just wanted to share some feedback on my experience as an elector on the zkApp Track 🧵
Hey Devs!
#zkConnect
is coming to a city near you. 🌍
Mina is connecting IRL with developers to get them started building privacy-preserving apps using
#ZeroKnowledge
.
Join upcoming events in NYC, Mexico City, London, and 7 more! 🧵
Turns out
@zama_fhe
and
@randhindi
have been working on httpz for a min
Different tech, same end goal of a more private, secure and verifiable internet 💪
Looking forward to a world where ZK and FHE work together
A third cohort of builders have been funded through zkIgnite! ⚡️
Electors assessed 100+ proposals and allocated grants to 29 projects building zkApps, developer tools, and crucial infrastructure for the Mina ecosystem.
Full list of grantees ↓
Looking forward to
@__zkhack__
would be great to connect with any
@MinaProtocol
community peeps in Istanbul. If you are there let me know and don't forget to register for this
Congrats to all the zkIgnite Cohort 3 projects that were funded! We’ll be doing a full announcement on Monday.
If you didn’t get funded, hang in there - there will be more opportunities to contribute ASAP.
Onwards 🤝
What’s better than a fresh upgrade?
A fresh introduction.
Mina is building an Internet of (True) Things with a single recursive proof.
More from
@evanashapiro
and
@khem
↓
A team from zkIgnite Cohort 2 built this gpt-powered chatbot specifically trained on MINA Protocol & o1js docs, all existing zkApps, and the endless discussions on Mina's discord (iykyk)
also someone tag them please! (can't find handles)
Thank you
@extropyLaurence
for leading this effort!
All the sessions are available on YouTube - highly recommend for anyone starting to learn about
@MinaProtocol
What a journey! We've wrapped up our 8th and final talk last week for the
#MinaNavigators
program.
🙏 Huge thanks to
@MinaProtocol
and all the developers who participated. ⚡️ Excited to see your future innovations! 👨🏻💻👩🏿💻🧑🏽💻👨🏼💻
Congrats to the Keyppi team for being named one of twelve finalists for the ETH Mexico hackathon... They built a zk private key recovery platform powered by
@MinaProtocol
- this team was NOT messing around...
The Bull Case for $MINA (a community member's perspective on where we are at):
Expect to learn more about:
- Progress to the zkApps hard fork
- State of the current Mina ecosystem
- Future core
@MinaProtocol
upgrades
- Tokenomics and the zk narrative
1/13
Join tomorrow to catch up on the latest o1js features with ecosystem partner
@o1_labs
!
This technical conversation will cover exciting use cases and what’s currently possible on Mina ✨
on kindness:
"Here’s what you miss if you’re unkind or non-kind: people opening up to you in private. A lot of the most interesting information in the world is locked up inside other people’s heads."
Bu arada şimdiye kadar duyurmadım ama geçen ay
@MinaFoundation
'da Regional (Türkiye) Community Manager olarak çalışmaya başladım.
#Mina
Türkiye topluluğuna faydalı olmak artık benim görevim.
Burada yaptıklarımızla Mina'nın diğer yerel toplulukları için de rolmodel olacağız.
on spending time with smart people:
"There is more intelligence outside of your head that inside your head, and having smart friends accelerates your intelligence development."
MinaPortal is live for
@MetaMask
users! 🎉
The integration with Snaps introduces a seamless platform for managing assets through MinaPortal
Unlocking new possibilities for users and ZK developers 🔓
PunkPoll’s Open Beta is live today! 🎉
@PunkPoll
is a voting and survey platform that allows anyone, anywhere, to easily and anonymously participate with just a smartphone.
1/4 🧵
Excited to see the first Mina Improvement Proposal (MIP) discussed live on a community call today at 5 pm GMT // 12 pm EST // 10 am MST.
the future is decentralized.
@MinaProtocol
gaming ecosystem becomes stronger and stronger 💪💪💪
We’re glad to announce that ZkNoid collaboration with TileVille game (ex. Minapolis) reached a new level. The strategic city building game developed by
@satyambnsal
is now listed on the ZkNoid games store!
zkIgnite COHORT 3
2M MINA budget!!!!!
Proposals due Jan 31, 2024
Mina's mainnet upgrade is COMING SOON.
If you've been waiting on the sidelines OR you're choosing where to build your zk project... get involved.
@maht0rz
explaining Mina and Protokit (app-chain framework) at ETH Seoul.
Worth a watch to understand the benefits of Mina as a universal settlement layer.
if you've been waiting on the sidelines to get involved in the
@MinaProtocol
ecosystem, now is the time!
@yunusguerlek
is giving a workshop "intro to Mina and zkApps" today.
reminder that 6 MILLION MINA tokens are available in grants over the next 6 months, starting with a 4
After long tests, fixes, and all the mainnet preparations, a big shoutout and thanks to the all Mina node operators,
@MinaFoundation
and
@o1_labs
teams, and especially to
@CrisF596
, who has been the backbone of Mina from the beginning.
Mina is now on new mainnet as a succinct and
Hosting a last min hangout 👽
6-9 pm Friday in Shoreditch (close to eth global venue)
Fill out this form if you wanna come meet other Mina builders / zk devs:
We’ll dm you the address - here’s a sneak peak (spots are limited)
the day is here! cohort 2 funding announcement.
it's been a long journey to get here, thanks to all of the electors and builders who have been so generous with their time and energy.
stay tuned for the next wave of 🧠🧠🧠 entering the Mina ecosystem.