Developers are starting to get a taste for zkApps and now that there’s the potential to build them on Berkeley testnet the increase in downloads of snarkyJS, (the typescript library created by O(1) labs needed to build them) has been noticeable.
November 2022
Events: Mina zkApp Developers Meetup – Bangalore (Thu Dec 1st)
There have been 14 Mina Protocol Developers meets-ups so far this year and the last one of 2022 will take place in Bangalore, India just before the start of ETHIndia, where incidentally Mina Protocol is also one of the sponsors of the event.
New Medium article by Phil Kelly from O(1) Labs
The recent FTX situation has thrown a whole range of discussion points on the table in so far as decentralisation, safe CEXes (see the twitter space here) and the problem of trust in crypto generally. Phil Kelly, COO of O(1) Labs has written an excellent Medium article entitiled ‘Composable Identity with ZK: Avoiding Web3 data […]
Video: The Magic of Zero Knowledge with Brandon Kase from O(1) Labs
Brandon Kase and Evan Shapiro came together for a special livestream to officially launch zkSpark, a new incentivised testnet for Mina Protocol.
O(1) Labs Twitter Space – Wed 23 Nov 11am PT(16:00 UTC)
In the next Twitter space, Phil continues the conversation with O(1) Labs team member and Mina Protocol Architect Engineer, Brandon Kase and among the topics up for discussion are ‘Safer CEXes’.
zkApps: Cohort 0 – Tue Nov 22nd + Live virtual event
Here’s another exciting development on the road to zkApps being live on the Mina Protocol mainnet.
Medium: O(1) Labs – Midpoint Update on the zkApps Builders Program
O(1) Labs, the incubators behind Mina Protocol have just published a new medium article regarding the zkApps Builders Program, an 11-week program bringing talented developers from around the world together to learn about zero-knowledge programming, and build zero-knowledge smart contracts (“zkApps”)
Security: Mina Phishing Scams alert
It seems every few months a similar phishing scam is targeted toward Mina Wallet Holders and this week another attempt was made. In all of the attacks the method is the same.
ZK Hack Event with O(1) Labs: Thu 22nd Nov
Mina incubators O(1) Labs are one of the sponsors of the upcoming ZKHack, a regular virtual event series featuring weekly workshops and advanced puzzle solving competitions. The next event will feature workshops on Tuesday and Thursdays and will run from November 22nd till December 13th.
Video: Light Chat – PAGEAPP – Proof of Age zkApp
The Community Builders Program is becoming a great source of new ideas and more and more the program is offering a glimpse at some of the amazing potential real world use cases for zkApps (smart contracts running on Mina Protocol – currently on testnet).