Ethereum’s Latest Innovations Explored in The Rollup Coaster #29

The
Rollup
Coaster,
a
bi-weekly
newsletter,
offers
an
in-depth
look
into
the
latest
advancements
within
the
Ethereum
ecosystem,
focusing
on
rollups,
zero-knowledge
proofs,
and
more.
The
latest
edition,
authored
by
Taiko’s
researcher
Jünger,
is
now
available,
according
to

taiko.mirror.xyz.

Highlights
from
the
Latest
Edition

The
newsletter
covers
several
key
topics,
including:

• 
  Shared
  Sequencer
  Debates:
  Rushi
  critiques
  shared
  sequencers,
  arguing
  they
  are
  a
  B2B
  model,
  while
  Jill
  Gunter
  counters
  that
  rollups
  do
  not
  need
  to
  give
  up
  their
  fee
  revenue.
  Ben
  Fisch
  summarizes
  Espresso’s
  objectives.
• 
  Optimism’s
  Milestone:
  Optimism
  deactivated
  fraud
  proofs
  after
  audits,
  marking
  a
  significant
  step
  from
  Stage
  1
  to
  Stage
  0.
  Donnoh
  raises
  some
  questions
  regarding
  this
  move.

Zero-Knowledge
and
Rollup
Updates

• Garaga
  shares
  updates
  on
  Starknet’s
  cryptography
  library.
• The
  first
  stage
  of
  staking
  on
  Starknet
  has
  commenced.
• Arbitrum
  Foundation
  announces
  its
  partnership
  with
  Tandem.
• Optimism
  adds
  Alt-DA
  options
  to
  OP
  Stack.
• NEBRA
  launches
  its
  mainnet.

Research
and
Publications

• Stefanos
  et
  al.
  publish
  a
  paper
  analyzing
  ZK-Rollups,
  introducing
  a
  systematic
  methodology
  for
  evaluating
  Layer
  2
  solutions.
• zkMarek’s
  podcast
  explores
  the
  concept
  of
  trusted
  setups
  and
  their
  security.
• The
  Zero
  Knowledge
  Podcast,
  hosted
  by
  Nexus,
  discusses
  formal
  verification,
  Groth16,
  and
  IVC.
• Hannes
  from
  Equilibrium
  dives
  into
  MPC
  in
  a
  new
  blog
  post,
  discussing
  trust
  assumptions
  and
  trade-offs.
• Bedlam
  Research
  publishes
  an
  article
  on
  settlement
  mechanisms.
• Sin7y
  Labs
  shares
  a
  blog
  post
  on
  optimizing
  Breakdown
  in
  Plonky3
  and
  Binius.
• Erik
  Kadena
  from
  RiscZero
  discusses
  the
  evolution
  of
  Rust
  within
  zkVMs.
• Timofey
  from
  Chainsafe
  examines
  Circle
  STARKs
  in
  a
  detailed
  blog
  post.
• Ingonyama
  publishes
  a
  new
  chapter
  in
  the
  NTT201
  book,
  introducing
  Additive
  Number
  Theoretic
  Transform
  (ANTT).
• Quang
  Dao
  introduces
  a
  novel
  method
  for
  constructing
  non-interactive
  zero-knowledge
  (NIZK)
  proof
  systems
  under
  post-quantum
  assumptions.

Based
Sequencing
and
Preconfirmations

• Eli5DeFi
  writes
  an
  ELI5
  of
  based
  sequencing.
• Recordings
  from
  the
  “Cake
  Day”
  event
  on
  sequencing,
  preconfirmations,
  and
  commitments
  are
  released.

Join
the
Community

Explore
open
positions
on
Taiko’s

job
board
and
contribute
to
Taiko
on
GitHub
to
earn
a
GitPOAP.
Contributors
will
be
featured
on
the
README
page.
More
details
can
be
found
in
the

contributing
manual.

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