The Rollup Coaster is a bi-weekly newsletter that dives into the fascinating world of Ethereum, exploring the latest in rollups, zero-knowledge proofs, MEV-PBS, and much more.
This edition is written by Taiko’s Community Advocate Jünger.
Hold on tight! 🎢
Disclaimer: This newsletter is neither financial advice, nor is indicative of Taiko’s position on any of the material presented. Please do your own research.
Highlights 🎢
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Dencun will activate on the Ethereum mainnet at epoch 269568 on March 13, 2024 at 13:55 UTC.
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Economic security flippening! Ethereum is presently secured with $105B.
ZK and rollup research 🧙
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Starkware and Polygon announce a new mathematical approach to improve the performance of STARKs: Circle STARK. Using elliptic curves and special primes, this approach can process data points faster and more efficiently, offering significant improvements, especially for architectures processing large-scale data sets.
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Computer systems split into two categories: those that can run DOOM, and those that can’t. RISC Zero’s zkVM has joined the pantheon of systems that can run DOOM. A fun project by the RISC Zero team.
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Kakarot, a Cairo-based zkEVM, published a blog post describing its vision and technical details.
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Nethermind published a detailed paper comparing zkSync and Starknet in terms of on-chain proof verification, compression efficiency, L2 fees, user operation distributions, etc.
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SNARK implementations are not mature yet. The new paper revealed the potential vulnerabilites in SNARKs. “SoK: What don’t we know? Understanding Security Vulnerabilities in SNARKs”
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A new Zero Knowledge Podcast episode is out. In this episode, with Ingonyama, ZK hardware was discussed.
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Remainder: A new ZKML prover announced by Modulus Labs.
ZK and rollup updates 🗞️
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Succinct Labs announced SP1 Reth.
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Polygon released an update to their zkEVM with ROM optimization.
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Avail Nexus: A ZK-Rollup Built for cross-rollup and cross-ecosystem settlement.
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Reducing operation cost on Optimism.
MEV/PBS/staking research and updates 🔍
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Primev uncovered the role of preconfirmations in EIP-4844: Censorship, Latency, and Preconfirmations in the Blob Market.
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Discussions about how sequencers could hand over sequencing rights to SUAVE: Integrating SUAVE with Astria Rollups.
Education and events 🎫
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Learn & Share schedule for March and April. Don't miss these tutorials where many cryptography papers can be discussed in an educational way.
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PSE announced Acceleration Program for ZK, MPC, and FHE ideas.
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The Ethereum Foundation is sponsoring a 4844 data analysis and visualization blog post. Check it out.
Additional resources 📖
- Understanding the Intersection of Crypto and AI by Galaxy Research.
Meme of the Week
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https://twitter.com/TristanWEarth/status/1763686918255153222
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