@VitalikButerin, Co-founder of $ETH, recently shone light on “stealth addresses” to enhance privacy on Ethereum.

Panther has been working on this over the past year.
But what is it, and why is it so important?

Thread 🧵

https://twitter.com/ZKPanther/status/1618020753525571585

The stealth address system is a mechanism that allows users to generate cryptographically obfuscated public addresses, called "stealth addresses," to receive funds privately.

Since the #EthereumMerge has put discussions around consensus right back on the map, it's a good time to learn about blockchain architecture and its core functionalities.

Modular vs. Monolithic blockchains: benefits & drawbacks – A thread 👇🧵 What's a monolithic chain?

In a monolithic blockchain, all key features or responsibilities of a blockchain system are addressed internally.

Every once in a while, a new technology comes around & changes the trajectory of human civilization

From the motor engine & airplanes to telephones, the Internet, & even blockchain technology, these innovations had a massive impact & inevitably changed the course of our history Next on the list, even if some don’t realize it, is zero-knowledge proofs.

Zero-knowledge proofs are one of the key elements that’ll be driving the massive change in our lives, our trust models, and most importantly – privacy.

Human beings always had two inherent needs −

1️⃣ To communicate and share information
2️⃣ To communicate selectively.

Thus, the rise of #cryptography.

Origins of cryptography – a thread 🧵 The word ‘cryptography’ was coined by combining two Greek words, ‘Krypto’ meaning hidden and ‘graphene’ meaning writing.

Cryptography can be defined as the art and science of concealing the messages to introduce secrecy in information.

Why’s everyone so excited about the possibilities of zk-SNARKs?

What makes them believe it’s a paradigm change in how we interact with each other in the 21st century?

The only way to figure that out is to look at the actual utilities of #zkSNARKs – A thread 🧵👇 Zero-knowledge succinct non-interactive arguments of knowledge (zk-SNARKs) are a truly ingenious method of proving that something is true without revealing any other information.

Let’s have a look at zk-SNARK utilities. These can be broadly classified into four categories: ⏬

Who's up for an update before leaving for the weekend?

🧵Let's take a quick look at some of this week's developments. 🧵 Our tech team continues to move through your feedback for #Zafari Advanced Staking.

We're moving forward, knocking out the most critical items so we can move to the next round.

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GM Panthers! ☀️

Here's the current status of LaunchDAO registration:

- We have reached 4200 registrations just now which so far is a great turnout! 2/4

We have identified a small issue where a tiny portion of KYCd users were not able to register for LaunchDAO. Their wallets were deemed invalid due to a syntax issue.

Our team is about to deploy a solution to allow for all of you who had issues to register for LaunchDAO! 🚀

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Dear Panthers,

24h ago we kicked off registrations for LaunchDAO. 🔥

So far, over 3600 community members have registered to participate in an industry first: We are going to vote for launching the @ZKPanther protocol in a private, decentralized manner.

This is huge. Why? 2/4

The number of registered users is extremely relevant (and growing).

At 3.6k members, we're already 25% the size of @Uniswap's or @AaveAave's community at Snapshot.org, or 40% of @OlympusDAO's.

With 2 days of registrations ahead of us, we couldn't be prouder! ❤️