As the zero-knowledge (ZK) technology marches its way into solving mainstream use cases, the community backing the disruption continues to grow stronger. Over 1,200 ZK developers, community members and enthusiasts, including Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, showed up at the latest zkDay Istanbul event.
While ZK meet-ups attract 1,500 to 4,000 attendees, zkDay Istanbul — as a platform for knowledge sharing and collaboration — witnessed a significant increase in enthusiasm as well. The event was built on top of the success of zkDay Paris, which had attracted early-stage ZK startups and market leaders.
ZK-focused projects from various stages came together to build connections and interact with top members of zkDay sponsor projects — Manta Network, co-hosted by Polyhedra Network and =nil; Foundation.
“The interest and attendance for zkDay is a testament to the community’s interest in the space, and we are excited to see that interest continuing to grow from country to country,” said Kenny Li, the COO and co-founder of the Manta Network, while speaking to Cointelegraph.
Additionally, zkDay Istanbul ran alongside Devconnect 2023, an event dedicated to Ethereum community, builders, and researchers.
The zkDay Pitch competition saw participation from numerous high-quality projects, many of which have previously topped competitive events such as ETH Global. Li anticipates future collaborations with zkDay Pitch sponsor ETH Global to provide greater exposure to promising upcoming projects.
Abner Jia, the CEO of Polyhedra Network, echoed Li’s optimism about the ZK community’s growth. Highlighting the surge in the interest in zero-knowledge technology, Jia stated:
“With more projects and enthusiasts joining the zk ecosystem, it’s clear that the community is on a strong growth trajectory.”
Improving user experience remains a common goal across the ZK community as projects strive to onboard users into the next-generation consumer products. Li added:
“That’s why we are so focused on our Universal Circuits at Manta Pacific, where we can offer ZK-as-a-Service so developers can hit the ground running, launching EVM-compatible decentralized applications that leverage ZK without having to figure out the cryptographic elements.”
Attendees of the zkDay Istanbul highlighted the ZK community’s strong convergence to the core…
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