Your current method might not be excluding Sybils as... effectively as you think...💀 $ZK #zkSync ZKsync Matter Labs Omar Azhar Anthony Rose ALEX | ZK ZKsync Developers (∎, ∆)show more

📌 As previously communicated, ZKsync Lite will be fully... deprecated on May 4. ZKsync Lite was our first mainnet PoC. A payments-focused rollup that helped demonstrate ZK scaling in production. This is a planned, orderly sunset and does not affect ZKsync Era or any other ZKsync Chains. Below is what to expect and how to withdraw your funds safely 👇show more

📌 As already communicated, ZKsync Lite will be fully... deprecated on May 4. ZKsync Lite was our first mainnet PoC. A payments-focused rollup that helped demonstrate ZK scaling in production. This is a planned, orderly sunset and doesn't affect Era or any other ZKsync Chains. Below is what to expect and how to withdraw your funds safely 👇show more

📌 As already communicated, ZKsync Lite will be fully... deprecated on May 4. ZKsync Lite was our first mainnet PoC. A payments-focused rollup that helped demonstrate ZK scaling in production. This is a planned, orderly sunset and doesn't affect Era or any other ZKsync Chains. Below is what to expect and how to withdraw your funds safely 👇show more

Welcome to the pack, Blockframe 🐺 The vision for... Matter Labs has always been to incubate, launch, and decentralize the zkSync network. Today, Blockframe officially joins as the latest core development team outside of Matter Labs onboarding to help build, maintain, and upgrade the zkSync protocol and ZK Stack. Learn more: ∎ Becoming one of many ∎ The purpose of onboarding external teams is two-fold: (1) decentralization — ensuring Matter Labs is one of many contributors to zkSync Era, and (2) bringing in teams capable of building valuable tools for crypto projects and brands building their web3 ambitions using the ZK Stack. ∎ Meet Blockframe ∎ Built with support from Matter Labs, Blockframe is an NFT marketplace and creator platform that features on-chain royalties, AI-assisted NFT creation tools, and an NFT perpetuals exchange. ∎ New tools for builders ∎ Blockframe's editable NFTs and sealed bid auctions are made possible by its new Bulk Semaphore protocol. Bulk Semaphore is a tool that can now be utilized by builders on zkSync to scale without sacrificing the privacy of the protocol and its users. ∎ Join the ZK Core Development Team ∎ We welcome and encourage more teams to join this effort. If you’re familiar with zkSync Era and ZK Stack, have made notable contributions to open source projects, and align with the values shared in the ZK Credo, DM Omar Y. ⭕, Head of Investments at Matter Labs.show more

📌Update: $ZK Staking Pilot Season 1 ends today Total... Stake: ~350m $ZK Total new active delegation: ~200m Total active delegation: ~1.2B This was your 🫵 pilot too. Thank you for proving it. A Season 1 Summary & Key Takeaways Report will be coming to the forums soon.show more

ZK Stack is a modular framework for building sovereign... ZK-powered hyperchains, based on zkSync Era’s open source code. ➡️ Visit the new ZK Stack resource page: ZK Stack gives builders full sovereignty, ranging from the choice of the data availability mode to using your project's own token to decentralize the sequencer. ✅ Mature and battle-tested ZK Stack is the most battle-tested framework, ensuring all transactions are fully verified by Ethereum with the power of ZK proofs. ZK enables validity proofs to ensure the hyperchains' ecosystem state can't be corrupted and invalid transactions can't exist. ZK Stack has been further strengthened by $5M+ invested in audits, $~30M transactions-per-month and ~250k daily active users. ✅ Tailored to your needs ZK Stack grants you full autonomy to tailor your blockchain to cater to your product or protocol use case. A modular stack of ZK-powered components. ✅ Ready for mainstream adoption No matter how much adoption grows, ZK Stack brings the power of horizontal scalability to Ethereum. Just like adding more servers to address specific needs on the Internet, a boundless amount of hyperchains can be created with minimal costs. ZK tech, combined with our state diffs and data-compression approaches, unlocks: 📌 Flat fees regardless of gas price 📌 Privacy by default 📌 Cheap oracles (or any high-frequency protocol) 📌 Ultra low cost Validium accounts 📌 UX magic with native account abstraction ✅ Seamless access to users and liquidity Hyperchains are seamlessly interconnected with hyperbridges — the native and trustless communication protocol of the ZK Stack. It enables any chain to natively exchange messages and transfer value with any other chain, thus tapping into the users and liquidity of the entire hyperchain ecosystem. Unlike classic, centralized, bridges, hyperbridges rely solely on cryptography for security. ✅ Built today, to last forever ZK Stack is rooted in the long-term vision of Ethereum, aiming for subtraction and decentralization. Abiding by the ZK Credo principles, an alliance of developers and maintainers will guarantee the resources enabling this fully open source framework to evolve to onboard the needs of the next billion users.show more

Say hello to Boojum 👋: zkSync Era’s new high-performance... proof system for radical decentralization. Boojum is an upgrade that will transition zkSync Era to a STARK-powered proof system, providing world-class performance on consumer-grade hardware. 💡 Learn more: TL;DR 👇 Boojum is the name of our Rust-based cryptographic library, which we use to implement the upgraded version of the ZK circuits for zkSync Era and the ZK Stack. The name Boojum was inspired by Lewis Carroll's poem "The Hunting of the Snark," where the Boojum represents the most fearsome kind of Snark. We intentionally designed zkSync Era in a way that cryptographic upgrades can be made without a regenesis, meaning that the Boojum upgrade won’t cause any user disruptions. Why Boojum❓ From day one, zkSync’s mission is to advance personal freedom for all — making digital self-ownership universally accessible by building a blockchain network that is trustless, secure, permissionless, affordable, easy to use, resilient and limitlessly scalable. Boojum plays an important role in advancing this mission by delivering: 1. World-class performance zkSync Era’s current SNARK-based proof system is effective today, but it won’t scale to the volume that we envision for hyperchains. zkSync Era’s sequencer can already process over 100 TPS; Boojum orders of magnitude improvements to performance complements this well. 2. Reduced hardware requirements for decentralization Our long-term goal is to enable user-powered, decentralized proof generation. Boojum represents a breakthrough in this direction — with the prover running on consumer-grade GPUs requiring only 16 GB GPU RAM. Boojum’s Journey to Mainnet 🚴🏽‍♀️ Boojum is now live on Mainnet, generating and verifying ‘shadow proofs’ today with real production data so that we can carefully test the system ahead of fully migrating. Today, we’re also open-sourcing the repo; if you’d like to take a look, you can find it here 👇 This is the first of a series of posts on Boojum. We will provide updates on our progress, including more details on implementation, security, and performance. Watch here for more, anon ∎show more

🎉 Cronos zkEVM, the first Layer-2 ZK chain alongside... ZKsync Era, has officially launched “alpha” mainnet! This marks a monumental step in scaling Ethereum and the broader ZK chain ecosystems, bringing the most advanced DeFi dApps to the masses. Pioneer Program Mainnet Missions are Live: Start collecting loyalty points and unlock rewards across a growing network of dApps. 👉 Begin your first mission: 🤝 Collaborative Strength: Cronos zkEVM, developed with Matter Labs, Crypto.com, VENO.CRO, Fulcrom Finance and 20+ partners, is set to enhance scalability and mainstream adoption. ⏳ Alpha Phase: From now till September 2024, #CROFam is invited to provide feedback that will help fine-tune the network. 🔗 Learn more in the full announcement: ⚙️Cronos zkEVM "Alpha" Mainnet Network Configuration Name: Cronos zkEVM Mainnet New RPC URL: Chain ID: 388 Symbol: zkCRO Block explorer URL:show more

Meowwwwww. This is very bullish news for Cat and... the Zeek coin community. For those unfamiliar, by adopting the CC0 license for Zeek, ZKsync has basically given up their copyright and ownership related rights, thereby making Zeek universally accessible for any purpose. This includes the freedom to modify, distribute, and use Zeek for anything, even commercial purposes. This now gives Cat unlimited freedom to further develop Cat’s version of the Zeek branding via Telegram & Discord sticker packs, as well as gifs 🐈 Picture this: Users start exploring the zkSync rabbit hole because they got an airdrop or bought the zkSync token. Since it's the social norm now to allocate 10% of a crypto portfolio to meme coins, most of them will ape into $MEOW initially because of all the cool stickers, funny memes & gifs they see about Zeek coin everywhere. Everyone then spams the same gif in Cat’s Discord while token price up only. Cat believes this is going to be a crazy flywheel and also amusing to watch at the same time. Cat can’t wait to see internet strangers bond over a zkSync Cat community token 🤝 Cat is currently looking to recruit more memelords into Cat's team to pump out awesome memes & gifs in the coming weeks/months. Therefore, Cat will be paying close attention to the contest’s submissions and doing an outreach during/after the contest ends. Cat prefers to hire from within the zkSync community, so if you’re an aspiring artist who is keen to collaborate with a team of degens that embrace craziness, creativity and cats, do drop by our Discord and open a ticket, Cat and team would love to speak with you P.S. Cat is convinced that the existence of Zeek is not confined to one reality; Cat believes that there are multiple realities where different versions of Zeek exist so Cat is open to any sort of designshow more

Parents please warn your children about striking me during... my entrance They might break their hand on my iron jaw They might be mocked as weak by their peers You might think less of them and question whether you should’ve had them in the first place It’s very dangerous for them! (not me though I’m indestructible)show more

📢 Today marks a major milestone as Cat is... one step closer to decentralizing $MEOW. Cat has officially set the sell tax for the token to 0% and renounced control over the contract. This means the token tax can no longer be altered, and Cat no longer has the ability to blacklist/whitelist addresses or pause token transfers. However, this also means that any funds sent to the contract address cannot be recovered, so exercise caution and avoid sending funds to $MEOW's token address. With that being said, let Cat leave you with some reasons on why you should hyper gamble on $MEOW 👇 🔸 We have held our position as the leading meme coin on ZKsync, both pre- and post-airdrop. 🔸 $MEOW never faded; it simply traded within a wide range for months, forming a solid bottom on the chart, followed by a steady trend of higher lows over several months. 🔸 The Zeek Army stood strong through a 90% dip. Cat's battle-hardened community never wavered, continuing to vibe and hang out even during the toughest times. 🔸 Despite a low market cap, Cat maintained significant mindshare on ZKsync. 🔸 $MEOW's market cap is currently low enough to have realistic potential for a 10x gain. 🔸 Wealth transfer happened. After 10 months of token distribution, all jeets are out. The supply is now held mostly by long-term believers. Before the $ZK airdrop, 25% of $MEOW was staked, and that number increased to 40% post-airdrop—(3,3) vibes. 🔸 We are not a Cabal coin. While a Cabal can fake trading volume and exchange listings, they can’t fake time. Cat has always been transparent and grinding alongside everyone in the trenches since day one. Now, imagine where $MEOW's price would be if ZKsync catches a narrative and hits the $2B market cap mark. There is no second best.show more

bUT WhAt CaN YoU Do WiTh ThoSE PRoOfs ?... Here you go: TrustMeBro is a showcase of a mini ZK-ready Bitcoin explorer where anyone can verify transaction and block validity right in their browser, instant, trustless, no middlemen. Think about it like TLS. 99.99% of people browsing the web have no clue how a secure session actually works, but they've all internalised that green lock meaning "you're safe." ZK can be the same. Run a local verification under the hood, flash a simple badge, verified or not, and boom! Starknet tech looking good from here. As I said many times, Bitcoin x STARKs is a math match made in heaven. Won't stop till the whole damn world is proven. One STARK at a time.show more

Think you’ve got the diagnosis? Think again!! This is... a case where the diagnosis is not as important as the lesson it teaches you. Watch the video and then check back for hidden portion of this post to see what the answer is... And what lesson you should have learned from it ! Avidly enhancing T2 dark lesions in the subependymal region with increased diffusion signal. If I said that description to you—even without seeing the images—you would say lymphoma! Was that your answer? It was mine! And we are both wrong! It turned out to be metastatic melanoma. But the lesson here is that just because you were wrong by pathology, doesn’t mean you were wrong on the imaging If I saw a case like this again, I would still say lymphoma! You won’t be right every time—there will be weird cases. But you are making a bet on the imaging appearance and you should always bet the odds—with the risk that every now and then you might be wrong! So don’t remember from this case that metastases can look like lymphoma—remember that sometimes it’s ok to be wrong as long as you read the case rightshow more

She Didn’t Get the iPhone 17, So What She... Did With the Roti Left Everyone Shocked!:-📱 Her husband had clearly said, “Not an iPhone 17 right now. I’ll get you a good phone within our budget for Karwa Chauth... But her anger reportedly went so far that, while preparing food, she did something with the dough that left people stunned... As soon as the video surfaced, a debate began... Is it okay to get this angry over an expensive phone? Or, no matter how angry you are, should food always be respected? What do you think? Was her anger justified, or was disrespecting food wrong? 👇 Share your opinion in the comments!show more

Hills I will die on as an elementary school... teacher, who just wrapped up my 32nd year teaching! 1. If you are not PASSIONATE about blessing, serving, and empowering those you are blessed to teach, this profession is not for you. 2. Our students are not “ours”. They are their families, and we need to understand the magnitude of the calling, and responsibility we have to meet them where they are, and to help them to get to a place that they never thought possible. 3. As important as the curriculum is (and it IS important), the children in our classroom are what matter most. It’s our JOB to teach the curriculum to SERVE our students, NOT to use our students to push any sort of agenda. 4. Just as we teach our students to “leave things better than they found them”, we need to leave our students better than they were when they first entered into our classroom. Never let a day pass without pouring into each and every child. 5. We should not teach our children WHAT to think, but HOW to think, and how to use that knowledge to bless and serve not only themselves, but the world around them. 6. Our words carry little (or NO value), if we do not practice what we preach. 7. If we don’t make learning fun, children will view learning as a chore, and we we will be creating a generation of children who grow up to be young adults who don’t see the joy in learning new things. 8. The child that may be “difficult to reach/teach” (the one who may get on your last nerve more than you could ever imagine), is someone’s EVERYTHING. Get to know them as human beings, find out what motivates them, and do everything you can to help them to thrive. 9. Never tell a child they “can’t” do something. God has blessed each of them with far more strengths and talents than we may know, and it’s not our job to tell them what they can’t do, but to help them to realize all the things they CAN do. 10. The legacy you leave as a teacher will never be determined by your student’s test scores, but by the human beings you helped them become throughout their lives.show more

The new Product Page Header image in the App... Store will not matter. First you need users to actually want to enter your App Store listing. And the reality is that a lot of users NEVER enter the listing. They search for something, see the app in the search results and download it directly from there. So the important update here is the new Search Results image. It's an app banner inside the App Store search results. And you should think about it as a persuasive ad. COPYWRITING will be what matters. Not the fancy "branding". Users are searching because they want an answer to something. Your creative needs to give them that answer immediately. And this becomes even more important with Apple Ads. You can pay to appear for the keyword, but your creative still needs to convince the user that your app is the answer they were searching for.show more

WHY ARE WE STILL ALLOWING BILL GATES TO THINK... HE CAN RULE THE REST OVER THE REST OF US? WHO GAVE GATES THE RIGHT TO DECIDE WHAT HUMAN BEINGS STILL MATTER AND WHICH ONES DO NOT? Bill Gates just said humans won’t be needed for most things. And that ”we’ll decide” who still matters. WHO IS THE 'WE'? Let that sit for a second. The man who helped build the digital world is now casually announcing that the people living in it might be optional. No panic. No apology. Just a quiet admission from someone who has never had to worry about being replaced. The scariest part is not the AI. It’s the ”we.” Who is ”we,” Bill? Because it is not the people whose jobs disappear next year. This is not a tech problem. It’s a power problem dressed up as progress. When the people building the tools also decide who needs them, the rest of us are just passengers. Do you trust the people at the top to make that call for you? Courtesy - Captains Obviousshow more

(TW). Tomorrow (September 10th) is World Suicide Prevention Day.... On the 16th, it will be 7 years since I was admitted to hospital for the first time. I was 16, had just started sixth form, and the years of anxiety and OCD became too much. I didn’t think I had a future. I was wrong. Some things I would like you reading this to know: ⭐️ the future holds an infinite number of possibilities. it might seem terrifying, but so many good memories are waiting to be made. ⭐️ you won’t feel like this forever. our emotions fluctuate. our perspective on situations shift. our thoughts come and go. no matter how long you feel you have been ‘stuck’, there is always hope, as long as you are here. ⭐️ you are not a failure. everyone is on their own timeline in life, with their own end goals. comparing yourself to others doesn’t help, because everyone’s lives are too different to compare and we only see a portion of other people’s lives. ⭐️ you WILL be okay. you can cope with far more than you think you can. ⭐️ i know the pain is hard. if I could take it away in a heartbeat, i would. it won’t be there forever. it might come back for a little while, but it will go away again. just as the sun always rises again after night. ⭐️ future you is grateful you keep fighting and is rooting for you. Where to access support/help (in the UK): ✨ @GiveUsAShout: crisis text support ✨ Samaritans: 24/7 phone line ✨ The Mix: essential support for under 25’s ✨ @PAPYRUS_Charity: for under 35s experiencing suicidal thoughts ✨ NHS England: you can self-refer to NHS talking therapies online ✨ Mind: local groups offering support/advice ✨ Kooth Digital Health: online well-being and confidential support for young people in certain areas of UK ✨ there are different organisations for different conditions/experiences such as @OCDUK, Voice Collective, Charity No Panic, Anxiety UK, Beat, SANE | Changing mental health for good etc. You are worth fighting for. #WorldSuicidePreventionDay #suicideprevention #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthrecovery #suicidepreventionmonth #autism #ADHD #anxiety #OCD #youmattershow more

Everyone explains “As above, so below” incorrectly and that... is why they miss its true power. They reduce it to a pleasant formula of manifestation: think positively, visualize what you desire, and the Universe will reproduce it. But this is merely the surface. The true principle is far more profound and far more demanding. “Above” is not the sky, and “below” is not the earth. Above is the archetype: the invisible order, the cause before the event, the intelligence before the form. Below is that same intelligence condensed into the body, matter, relationships, circumstances and time. “As within, so without” does not mean that every passing thought immediately creates your life. It means that whatever remains enthroned within you will eventually seek a body outside of you. A hidden fear becomes a pattern. An unhealed wound becomes a choice. A divided will creates a divided path. An embodied truth becomes presence, magnetism and direction. Through years of ritual work, energetic reading and confronting my own inner worlds, I have learned one undeniable truth: the visible almost never begins in the visible. You may change the person, the city, the altar, the business or the method—but if the unseen architecture remains untouched, the same lesson will return wearing another face. The world is a mirror, but not a shallow mirror. It does not merely reflect what you desire. It reveals what you serve, what you tolerate, what you secretly fear, what you have made sacred and what you are finally ready to transform. The natural world is the Mental made visible. The seed carries its invisible design before becoming a tree. In the same way, every material form is preceded by a subtler order. Ritual is the conscious bridge between these two worlds. The essence was never: control reality with your thoughts. The essence is this: become so internally ordered that your outer life can no longer remain loyal to your former chaos. Stop fighting the reflection. Enter the unseen cause. As above, so below. As within, so without. The seen is the mirror of the unseen. ✨🙌🏾💫show more