This week on Cysic — Week of Nov 29th

Nov 29, 2024

Dear community, what a fruitful week it’s been! From the launch of Testnet Phase II as a key milestone to crucial partnerships and groundbreaking advancements in Cysic hardware — let’s dive into everything that happened this week at Cysic.

⚒️ Key Milestone: Cysic Network Testnet Phase II Launch

With the launch of Phase II, we now have 9,888 verifiers and 194 provers up and running! This milestone introduced the Proof of Compute Mechanism, the Dual Token Model, Staking and Delegating features, and the Referral Program launch!

Official Link: https://testnet.cysic.xyz/m/

Full announcement:
Announcing Cysic Network Phase II: Genesis Node

How You Can Participate in Testnet Phase II:

• Verifiers: Phase II: Genesis Node Verifier Guide!
• Provers: Phase II: Genesis Node Prover Guide!

⚒️ Testnet Phase II Following Upgrades

Our product and engineering teams worked tirelessly this past week to optimize the testnet based on community feedback. Here’s what’s been improved since the launch:

• Verifier and Prover program upgraded for smooth access
• Network performance optimization, the fluctuation delay is obviously reduced
• Referral Program 2.0 launch
• Search bar added to locate your address
• New Verifier display: users can see that they are in active state
• Maintenance banner is online, in the future after we start maintenance or any notification can be displayed on the webpage
• Terminal Log tips description is more intuitive
• The reward for the first 1,000 Verifiers and phase I WL were issued

🎙️ Cysic at Devcon: Leo’s Tech Talk Livestream

Leo Fan Cofounder of Cysic on stage at Devcon presented ‘Cysic Network, real-time ZK Proof Layer’. Thanks to the recording, now everyone can listen to what this talk is about! Leo breaks down the future of ZK proofs and how the Cysic Network empowers everyone to contribute their compute power to a world where everything is provable.
YouTube Video: https://t.co/JSoUDlCK6e
Follow this tweet: https://x.com/cysic_xyz/status/1861040082775588995

🎙️Leo Fan’s Spotify Podcast is now Live!

Our cofounder Leo’s podcast is now live on Spotify! Want to learn more on cryptography, ZKP hardware, and building a company? Tune in to @Leo Fan’s conversation with @DeGatchi on @ScrapingBits.
Follow this tweet: https://x.com/cysic_xyz/status/1861598065901412613 Spotify Podcast: https://t.co/Rzp2dnvvG6

🎙️Cysic’s Panel with ZK Expert Sharing ZK Proof Insights

@5herv1n, Cysic’s Head of BD, joined the panel with Starkware, Nubit, with the host LayerEdge to discuss ZK proofs trends and advancements in the field.
Here’s the recording: https://x.com/layeredge/status/1861388444653539414

🤝Cysic Partners with Polyhedra!

Cysic is partnering with Polyhedra to accelerate ZK! The goal of this partnership is to build a real time ZK hardware prover combining multiple acceleration approaches including Polyhedra’s advanced GKR proof backend and Cysic’s specialized ZK chip. This partnership is about combining the smartest software and the fastest hardware to completely transform the ZK proving landscape.
Tweet announcement: https://x.com/cysic_xyz/status/1861775185176825987 Partnership full announcement article: https://medium.com/p/c9e15b6b14b3

❗️Groundbreaking Technical Report:

The Cysic C1 Chip Achieves Proving 1.3 Million Keccak Functions Per Second — 100x Faster Than Current Technology

This marks a monumental breakthrough for Ethereum and the future of blockchain. To achieve Vitalik’s vision of The Verge for Ethereum, fast proving speeds for hashes are essential. Until now, the best technology could only manage several thousand Keccak calls per second — a rate far from practical for The Verge’s ambitious goals.
Thanks to Cysic’s world-class hardware engineering team, the Cysic C1 chip now achieves proving 1.3 million Keccak functions per second , more than 100 times faster than the current state-of-the-art. This game-changing performance makes concepts like The Verge and Beam Chain significantly more achievable.
To validate this incredible speed, we used Polyhedra’s GKR proof system to measure the Keccak proving capabilities on the C1 chip, demonstrating its transformative potential.

This is a must-read tech report! Check out our detailed article:
https://hackmd.io/@Cysic/r1LoS0MmJg

Leo Fan’s tweet is a hidden gem highlighting this breakthrough: https://x.com/leofanxiong/status/1862134266609672525

✨ And that’s a wrap for this week, stay tuned as we keep building the Cysic Network and Cysic Hardware Chip for the future of ZK and blockchain!

About Cysic

We are accelerating Zero-Knowledge Proofs with Next-Gen Compute. Instant Proofs, Infinite Possibilities.

Cysic is home to the leading real-time ZK Proof Layer, featuring state-of-the-art hardware. Our mission is to hyperscale the ZK revolution by delivering Zero-Knowledge Proofs with unmatched speed, simplicity, and cost-efficiency. Cysic’s innovative product suite includes the Cysic Network, which decentralizes and streamlines proof generation and verification, powered by our ASICs, ZK Air and ZK Pro. ZK Air fuels lightweight, seamless client-side proof generation, while ZK Pro turbocharges high-performance server-side proof generation.

Our team is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of cryptographic efficiency, ensuring that ZK technology is accessible, secure, and ready to meet the demands of tomorrow’s decentralized world.

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