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zkFold: zk-rollups on Cardano. Phase 1: zkWrapper

Problem

Cardano’s expansive scalability roadmap is missing transaction rollups. We have a 4-phase plan to bring zk-rollups to Cardano for massive throughput increase and fee reductions.

Solution

Our Phase 1 product is called zkWrapper. It takes any Untyped Plutus Core (UPLC) script as input and produces a zero-knowledge version of it with great scaling features. No ZKP expertise is required!

Total to date

This is the total amount allocated to zkFold: zk-rollups on Cardano. Phase 1: zkWrapper.

₳665,000
Total funds requested
634
Total votes cast
₳119M
Votes yes
₳126M
Votes no

Team

Vladimir Sinyakov,

Founder and CTO,

https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladimir-sinyakov/

Founder and protocol architect of ENCOINS. Ph.D. in Computational Mathematics. Prior experience includes five years of postdoc in applied mathematics (Control Theory), publishing in top journals in the field.

Stanislav Marycev,

Co-founder, Business development. 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stanislav-marycev/

Cardano Blockchain Certified Associate (CBCA). Blockchain technology and smart contracts certified, PMP and agile professional with 12+ years of experience in worldwide IT projects.

Ilya Eriklintsev,

ZKP researcher,

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilya-eriklintsev-3a296852/

Techlead at vSelf, an SSI solution on NEAR blockchain. More than six years of experience in the blockchain industry. Former researcher in Computational Fluid Dynamics.

Vladimir Kukharenko,

Developer 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladimir-kukharenko-vovunku/

Participated in a blockchain infra project on Polkadot. Worked on developing a blockchain from scratch and an API for it as a part of a formally verified blockchain project. Two years of experience in the blockchain industry. Researcher in formal verification and formal methods.

Philip DiSarro,

Developer,

https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-disarro-068b56161/

Currently the lead smart contract developer at Ikigai Technologies, a consultant and lecturer for Emurgo, and a founder of Anastasia Labs. Previous experience in the Cardano ecosystem: WingRiders, Agora, Plutarch.

Daniel Firth,

Developer,

https://www.linkedin.com/in/locallycompact/

Founder/CEO at Homotopic.Tech, a statically typed functional programming consultancy. Previously Smart Contract Architect at Orbis Labs. More than twelve years of experience with Haskell.

Sergey Ivannikov

Developer

Experienced as a senior software engineer in various IT companies. Former researcher at ETH Zurich in Computational Fluid Dynamics.

Tony Makdissy

Developer

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tony-makdissy

International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) World Finalist

International Physics Olympiad World Finalist

Master AIRE in Life Sciences

Vladimir Sinyakov
Vladimir Sinyakov