## Highlights ### Luca Trevisan (1971-2024) - <https://windowsontheory.org/2024/06/19/luca-trevisan-1971-2024/> - <https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=8057> - <https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2024/06/luca-trevisan-1971-2024.html> #### Luca Trevisan's Cryptography Lecture Notes from CS276, Spring 2009 One of the best learning resources about the Goldreich-Levin theorem, recommended by Prof. Deng Yi. - <https://lucatrevisan.github.io/books/crypto.pdf> ### The ZF FROST Book - <https://frost.zfnd.org/index.html> ### SoK: Programmable Privacy in Distributed Systems - <https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/982> ### Abstract Algebra: Theory and Applications A nice book with examples and programming exercises. - http://abstract.ups.edu/aata/aata.html ### 10 Weeks of Journey into vFHE - <https://paragraph.xyz/@moyed/10-weeks-of-journey-into-vfhe> - <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IKhckgus2WkyVtGqaeA8fJOe5THNzv-V/view> ### Arithmetizing FHE in Circom - <https://pps-lab.com/blog/fhe_arithmetization/> ### Juvix: a language for intent-centric and declarative decentralized applications - <https://docs.juvix.org/0.6.1/README.html> ## Updates ### Nexus zkVM 1.0 - <https://nexus.xyz/> ### RISC Zero zkVM 1.0: Industry-Leading Performance Benchmarks - <https://www.risczero.com/blog/beating-moores-law-with-zkvm-1-0> ### Episode 328: ZK on Bitcoin with Alpen Labs - <https://zeroknowledge.fm/328-2/> ### Arkwork v0.5.0-alpha - <https://github.com/arkworks-rs/> ### 北京密码学日成功举办 - <https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/c21alfYq9j3fbkTyfUADQg> ### Eurocrypt 2024 Videos - SNARKs: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WsCQc9Elcg> - Proof Systems: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0b3oKSrYt8> ## Papers ### Fast SNARK-based Non-Interactive Distributed Verifiable Random Function with Ethereum Compatibility - <https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/968> ### ICICLE v2: Polynomial API for Coding ZK Provers to Run on Specialized Hardware - <https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/973> ### Volatile and Persistent Memory for zkSNARKs via Algebraic Interactive Proofs - <https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/979> ### Hadamard Product Arguments and Their Applications - <https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/981> ### On Knowledge-Soundness of Plonk in ROM from Falsifiable Assumptions - <https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/994> ### Cross-chain bridges via backwards-compatible SNARKs - <https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/995> ### Dishonest Majority Multi-Verifier Zero-Knowledge Proofs - <https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/997> ### zkVoting : Zero-knowledge proof based coercion-resistant and E2E verifiable e-voting system - <https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/1003> ### Relaxed Vector Commitment for Shorter Signatures - <https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/1004> ### Formal Verification of Zero-Knowledge Circuits - <https://arxiv.org/pdf/2311.08858>