ZKM developers have announced the release of zkVM in alpha testing to enable blockchain-based applications to experience the capabilities offered by Zero-Knowledge technology.
ZKM, a project focused on revolutionizing the Ethereum ecosystem by integrating Zero-Knowledge (ZK) technology, has developed a new general-purpose virtual machine, combining the potential of ZK technology with the MIPS (Microprocessors without Interlocked Pipeline Stages) processor architecture.
The goal is to integrate both innovations to create a unique and revolutionary solution that allows blockchain-based decentralized applications to take advantage of the multiple benefits of ZK technology to enhance security and decentralization.
Although ZKM is an Ethereum-focused project, its developers announced that its new virtual machine can even be used by applications and technologies that do not use the blockchain, such as IoT and cloud computing.
A general purpose ZK virtual machine
In a recently published press release, ZKM highlighted that its new zero-knowledge virtual machine, zkMV, is now available on Alpha Testnet, that is, on a test network in alpha version.
With this launch, the protocol will allow developers in the ecosystem to test the new implementation, to make use of the potential of ZK in various applications and use cases.
After testing the new VM on testnet, ZKM plans to implement zkVM on Optimistic Rollup-based protocols and eventually integrate the zero-knowledge VM with other non-blockchain technologies. The latter will allow IoT- and cloud-based applications and protocols, and other non-blockchain technologies, to integrate with the blockchain and inherit Ethereum’s security, decentralization, and efficiency for settlement, without compromising privacy.
ZKM developers expressed their excitement at receiving the crypto community’s collaboration to consolidate this project and their vision of utilizing the unprecedented security and decentralization of Ethereum settlement across all blockchain and non-blockchain applications to make the network a global settlement layer.
zkMV is developed as an open-source zero-knowledge universal virtual machine, integrating functions that are compatible with both blockchain and general computing.
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