My four predictions (featured recently @CoinDesk coindesk.com/consensus-maga…) about the state of zero-knowledge cryptography and what to expect in 2023. Here's the take:

1/ First of all, zero-knowledge (ZK) cryptography is a game-changer for ensuring the privacy, security and integrity of applications in both #Web2 and #Web3. The rapid investment and development of zero-knowledge proofs is a signal that the technology is ready for prime time.

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Today, I’m proud to share that I’ve been promoted to CEO of @AleoHQ, where I’ll get to be copilot to the incredible @1howardwu and lead the rest of our stellar team as we strive to ship our next-gen platform for secure & scalable apps to the world. A few things I’d like to say 🧵 In my @usarmy career before starting in crypto I’ve seen firsthand how inequitable global finance can be, and how a rigid system that is often corrupted can be at best inefficient and at worst directly harmful, esp. to those outside of the developed world

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This week @Starkware announced plans to launch a token to decentralize Starknet: medium.com/starkware/part…

But reading these posts, the plan for decentralization isn’t convincing. Instead, it feels like a naked cash-out opportunity for StarkNet investors and team 🧵👇

1/17 To recap: #StarkNet is an L2 ZK rollup on top of Ethereum. Today, a single party (@StarkWareLtd) fulfills all the roles in that system - it (1) bridges tokens L1 → L2, (2) sequences txs, (3) batch executes those txs inside of a STARK proof, and (4) sends the results back

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Zero-knowledge proofs are the future for secure, trust-less, and scalable computing for Web3. How @z_prize is going to help accelerate that future 👇🧵 #zeroknowledge cryptography has countless applications in Web3. At a high-level though, their main utility is to 🔒secure🔒 and 📈scale 📈decentralized networks.