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Команда исследований a16z crypto сегодня выпустила новую версию открытого zkVM Jolt под названием Lattice Jolt. Архитектура этой версии такая же, как и у предыдущей, но базовая криптография была изменена с эллиптической кривой на решетку, при этом обеспечивается постквантовая безопасность, а скорость доказателя и проверяющего увеличивается в 2-3 раза, а размер доказательства составляет менее 100 КБ.Lattice Jolt заменяет ранее использовавшую эллиптическую кривую Dory новой схемой многочленных обязательств Akita, основанной на предположении Module-SIS, с целью достижения полной безопасности 128 бит. Akita была разработана исследователями и инженерами LayerZero в сотрудничестве с Университетом Карнеги-Меллона, Университетом Южной Калифорнии и командой a16z crypto. На одной машине, только с использованием CPU, Lattice Jolt достигает более 2 миллионов RISC-V циклов в секунду, а с ускорением Apple Metal GPU — более 10 миллионов циклов в секунду, размер доказателя снижен до примерно 200 байт на цикл.

The blockchain gaming infrastructure Lattice announced that it will gradually shut down its operations after five years, with its Layer 2 network Redstone ceasing operations on May 16, 2026, at 07:59.Lattice reminds users to withdraw their funds before this deadline, especially assets in contracts such as the Uniswap pool. After the shutdown, only L1 withdrawal contracts will be deployed for external account balance withdrawals, and the funds in the contracts will be irretrievable.It is reported that Lattice was founded in 2021 and developed tools such as the MUD framework, Redstone chain, Quarry, and Dozer, but failed to achieve a sustainable business model. The team will use the remaining funds for the final project DUST autonomous world, but the scale has not reached a level to support the business, and they do not believe that VC financing is the right path.

According to The Defiant, the satellite technology-based blockchain verification layer SpaceComputer has completed a $10 million seed round financing. This round was co-led by Maven11 and Lattice, with participation from Superscrypt, the Arbitrum Foundation, Nascent, Offchain Labs, Hashkey, and Chorus One. Individual investors include Marc Weinstein, Jason Yanowitz, and Ameen Soleimani.The funds will be used to build and launch the first batch of satellites and their onboard secure computing hardware. These satellite units, named SpaceTEE, will operate secure blockchain and cryptographic tasks from space, and develop network software, satellite coordination systems, as well as provide private computing and secure record services.

ChainCatcher news, the African cross-border payment platform Accrue announced the completion of a $1.58 million seed round financing, led by Lattice Fund, with participation from Maven 11, Lava, Kraynos Capital, and others.Accrue was founded in 2021 by Zino, Clinton, and Adesuwa, initially focusing on a dollar-cost averaging application for cryptocurrencies and stocks. After experiencing a market downturn in 2022, the company pivoted to launch the cross-border payment tool Cashramp, which has now become its main source of revenue and achieved profitability in mid-2023.This round of financing will be used to expand payment infrastructure, optimize product features, and grow the team, further driving innovation and growth.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Solana Foundation has initiated the SIMD-0215 proposal, aimed at scaling Solana's infrastructure to billions of user accounts. This proposal adds a new hash, called "Accounts Lattice Hash."It is reported that the "Accounts Lattice Hash" uses homomorphic hashing to maintain the hash of the entire account state, allowing for quick updates while being secure, enabling:(1) each block to include the hash of all accounts, not just the accounts that changed in that block, and(2) the removal of Epoch Accounts Hash.

ChainCatcher news, according to a filing submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, Lattice, which has been investing in cryptocurrencies since 2021, is raising its third fund. The filing did not specify the size of the fund.In 2022, the company raised a $60 million fund, which is three times its initial capital.According to PitchBook data, the company has invested in 81 projects. Two of its most notable investments are the cryptocurrency bug bounty platform Immunefi and the core developer of the decentralized cloud storage network Filecoin, Protocol Labs.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the MultiVM execution layer Cytonic has completed a $8.3 million seed round financing, led by Lattice and Lemniscap, with participation from IOBC, Nomura, Lyrik, Public Works, Arthur Hayes, and other notable investors. Currently, Cytonic is compatible with EVM and SVM, allowing existing tools, wallets, and DApps running on EVM or SVM chains to migrate directly to Cytonic and operate seamlessly.ChainCatcher notes that Cytonic was co-founded by former Spin Labs executive Ivan Miskovic, former Foresight Ventures partner Chelsea, and former Faraway senior engineer Badconfig. By introducing new technologies such as MultiVM and MultiRPC, it launched the first Layer1 blockchain capable of running multiple virtual machines within the same network and sharing storage, enabling developers to deploy existing applications from multiple virtual machine networks like EVM on Cytonic without rewriting code, simplifying the development and scaling process, while also allowing users to perform synchronous cross-virtual machine atomic swaps.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized content delivery network Blockcast announced the completion of a $2.85 million financing round, led by Lattice Fund, with participation from Protocol Labs, Finality Capital Partners, AllianceDAO, Zee Prime Capital, RW3 Ventures, and angel investor Anatoly Yakovenko, the founder of Solana. Specific valuation details have not been disclosed.According to RootData, Blockcast is a decentralized content delivery network and marketplace designed to help broadcasters gain more traffic and reach a wider audience. The platform aims to bridge the gap between television and online streaming by delivering content through tagging unused television spectrum. The cost of streaming a 4K movie to 10,000 viewers via servers like Cloudflare is typically around $1,000, but using Blockcast can reduce that cost by 96%.

ChainCatcher news, the parallel Bitcoin Rollup project Nexio has completed a $2.2 million Pre-Seed funding round, led by Lattice. The funds will be used to introduce Facebook's Move virtual machine into the Bitcoin ecosystem, addressing smart contract vulnerabilities in EVM-based scaling solutions and multi-signature bridge designs, while reducing transaction costs and increasing transaction throughput.

ChainCatcher message, Optimistic Rollup L2 project Redstone has announced the migration of its testnet. The Lattice testnet and Redstone Holesky testnet will be officially deprecated in one month. The Redstone team urges users to migrate to the Garnet Holesky testnet, which has been live for several weeks, before that time.To help users check their current network, Redstone has provided the network information for the Lattice testnet and Redstone Holesky testnet.Lattice testnet:RPC Node: testnet-chain.linfra.xyzChain ID: 4242Redstone Holesky testnet:RPC Node: rpc.holesky.redstone.xyzChain ID: 17001The Redstone team emphasizes that in the future, only the Garnet Holesky testnet will be maintained and supported. The migration of the testnet aims to consolidate resources in preparation for the launch of the Redstone mainnet. Users need to promptly adjust the network configuration of their dApps to avoid being affected by the deprecation of the testnet.

ChainCatcher news, DeFi protocol Unstable Protocol announced the completion of a $2.5 million seed round financing, with participation from Lattice, Laser Digital (Nomura Group), Blockchain Founders Fund, Assouline Ventures, Agnostic Fund, Artichoke Capital, Black Edge Capital, NewTribe Capital, and NxGen.It is reported that Unstable is a native LRTfi lending protocol that provides users with the ability to borrow against their (re)staked ETH, and even unlocks the utility of their (re)staked ETH on layer 2 blockchains. The project is committed to building a leveraged layer for (re)staking Ethereum.

ChainCatcher message, the first full-chain mobile game DEAR incubated by ARPA Network has launched its public testing on Redstone. DEAR is a digital creature that changes based on the collective actions of all players (feeding, attacking, or accompanying). The DEAR team has innovated in game mechanics, including global cooperative competition, a limited lifespan based on block height, double-spending tokens, transaction-encoded messages, and inscriptions.The official statement indicates that DEAR combines a carefully designed world setting and game mechanics, emphasizing emotional satisfaction within a socio-cultural context, rather than merely focusing on tokens.

ChainCatcher news, game studio Lattice announced the launch of the L2 chain Redstone, which is an Alt-DA (alternative data availability) chain inspired by Plasma, built on the OP Stack, suitable for applications such as on-chain gaming. Lattice stated that through Redstone, it has achieved a Plasma-inspired data availability design that allows any honest participant on the internet to ensure the chain's availability without the need for a new form of consensus outside of Ethereum.

ChainCatcher news, the NFT options protocol Hook Protocol announced the completion of a $3 million financing round, led by Collab+Currency and Lattice, with participation from Slow, Sfermion, Maven11, Contrary, and others including gmoney, jdh, Salvino D'Armati, Flamingo DAO, Neon DAO, and The LAO. The funds will be used to build the protocol.In addition, Hook Protocol has launched two new products today: vBids and Hook Earn, and the new incentive program The Treasure Hunt is also live today. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to Streetinsider, the company Anode Labs Inc, which develops the decentralized energy storage asset network React, announced the completion of a $4.2 million financing round, led by Lerer Hippeau and Lattice, with participation from VaynerFund, CoinShares, and Digital Currency Group.Anode Labs' React network uses decentralized Web3 technology to save energy, improve grid efficiency, and address climate issues. Its energy storage asset platform allows participants to connect their home batteries to the Web3 energy storage network, where connected businesses and individuals can receive cash and token incentives. (Source link)