Bitcoin
Bitcoin privacy proposal avoids soft fork with ZK proofs
Researchers proposed Shielded Bitcoin, using ZK proofs and encrypted notes for private BTC transfers without a soft fork or consensus changes.
Zero-Knowledge Proofs
Hester Peirce
SEC’s Peirce backs zero-knowledge proofs for KYC
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce urged regulators to use zero-knowledge proofs to reduce personal data collection in KYC and AML compliance.
Adoption
ZK proving must move beyond GPUs as AI tightens compute supply, Cysic CEO says
ZK proving has begun competing with trillion-dollar AI data centers for the same GPUs, raising proof costs even as Cysic reports a 9% performance gain from…