12 March 2024
α：Advanced Technology
AI
Cryptography
β：Web3 Segment
Hardware layer
Protocol layer
Starknet and zkSync: A comparative analysis (read more here)
Starknet and zkSync Era, in particular, have become prominent competitors, often matching or even exceeding the number of user operations executed on the Ethereum mainnet. Our goal is to accurately compare their systems in terms of transaction volumes, relative compute, and compression efficiency, delving into aspects such as Layer 1 verification costs, Layer 2 transactions, and resource consumption on Layer 2. They were chosen for being the largest Layer 1 gas spenders, with readily available analytics infrastructure; Linea and Scroll will be left to a future study.
Coprocessor Market Structure: Cryptoeconomic vs ZK (read more here)
In an effort to allow decentralized consensus participation, the Ethereum network inadvertently rewards latency to the benefit of less efficient block proposers. High-quality validators are intrinsically penalized by the system and struggle to compete on yield unless they simulate latency by playing timing games.
SyRA:Sybil-Resilient Anonymous Signatures (read more here)
The paper introduces a new cryptographic primitive known as Sybil Resilient Anonymous (SyRA) signature. This technology allows users to create on-demand, unlinkable pseudonyms for any given context and issue digital signatures on their behalf. Essentially, with a personhood relation, an issuer (which could be a distributed entity) enables users to prove their personhood and extract an associated long-term key. This key can then be used to issue signatures for any given context and message.
MULTIPART PAYMENTS – AMP/MMP (read more here)
In this article, we’ll go through multipart payments in the Lightning Network, a critical evolution that overcomes single-part payment restrictions and allows more significant amounts by splitting them into smaller parts. We explore the intricacies of multipart payments, their benefits to network decentralization and privacy, and the different implementation methods currently available, each with its unique tradeoffs.
Middleware layer
Application layer
State of Wallets Part 2: Smart Accounts (read more here)
"Smart Accounts" (or “Smart Wallets”) – which we define as smart contract wallets (SCW) with “Account Abstraction” features – have become a top-of-mind conversation among crypto developers. Account Abstraction (“AA”) launched in the EVM ecosystem in Q1-2023 and is beginning to see an uptick in adoption. This document explains the value proposition, adoption inflection, and implications for the broader ecosystem.
User Gateway
γ：Web3 Macro
Web3 Social Landscape (read more here)
Such seamless in-app experiences were previously impossible through traditional web2 social media platforms. Identity, ownership, tokens, and payment rails-these are all features of the blockchain that have enabled the creation of new social features such as Frames. In this article, we’ll look at distinct social protocols and platforms, with a focus on how they use web3’s building blocks to build new experiences.
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