{"id":54630,"date":"2023-07-17T17:03:11","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T21:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=54630"},"modified":"2023-07-17T17:25:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T21:25:18","slug":"zksync-launches-new-stark-based-proof-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/zksync-launches-new-stark-based-proof-system\/","title":{"rendered":"zkSync Launches New STARK-Based Proof System"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ZkSync Era has presented layer-2 scaling solution<\/a> for Ethereum Boojum, and it asserts to run on general processing units (GPUs) of consumer-grade quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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zkSync Launches New STARK-Based Proof System<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One of the few Ethereum scaling protocols that uses zero-knowledge rollups\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/g>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/clipPath>\r\n <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a> (ZK-rollups) to boost capacity and speed while lowering fees is ZkSync Era. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zero-Knowledge Succinct Non-Interactive Argument of Knowledge (zk-SNARKs) and zk-STARKs are the two most common proof systems used in ZK-rollups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Rust-based cryptography library from zkSync that implements an improved version of arithmetic circuits for zkSync Era and its ZK developer stack forms the foundation of the new Boojum proof system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most crucially, it enables using standard personal PCs rather than sophisticated hardware<\/a> and servers to operate Boojum provers. Regular users can engage in network activities because the upgrade can function on PCs with as little as 16 gigabytes (GB) of GPU random-access memory (RAM). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For background, 100 GPUs with 80 GB of RAM now power the zkSync cluster. Prior to the release of Boojum, the major component of zkSync was zk-SNARKs, which were capable but far less transparent than zk-STARK-based systems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the previous system could only handle roughly 100 transactions per second, Boojum promises to be far faster. The new proof will wrap the STARK proofs<\/a> with a non-transparent pairing-based SNARK as part of the implementation process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In essence, it will be a little improvement on the existing SNARK-based proof method. The cost of the proof system and, consequently, the transactions themselves are reduced because this proof uses less storage space and is less expensive to verify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boojum is operational on the mainnet of zkSync Era for testing, producing, and validating “shadow proofs.” Before a full migration and wider use, developers now evaluate shadow proofs using actual production data. There won't be any regenesis; the new system will just be updated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ZkSync Era has presented layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum Boojum, and it asserts to run on general processing units (GPUs) of consumer-grade quality. One of the few Ethereum scaling protocols that uses zero-knowledge rollups (ZK-rollups) to boost capacity and speed while lowering fees is ZkSync Era. Zero-Knowledge Succinct Non-Interactive Argument of Knowledge (zk-SNARKs) and zk-STARKs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":54632,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[15280,12489],"class_list":["post-54630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-stark","tag-zksync"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/croc_1689626298855.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}