Manta & Calamari Network Announcements

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https://twitter.com/MantaNetwork/status/1620610355193057282

The Official Conclusion of the Manta Network Trusted Setup
The Largest Trusted Setup in ZKP History
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🗓 Duration: 28 days
🚀 Contributors: 4,300+
🌎 Geographies: 177 countries

“The widespread adoption of a self-sovereign web3 relies in large part on the innovation of trustless privacy-preserving mechanisms such as zero-knowledge proofs. I’m thrilled to see the forefront of that innovation happening in the Polkadot ecosystem. Manta Network’s recent record-breaking trusted setup and the upcoming launch of MantaPay showcase the tremendous innovation in this field.”

- Dr. Gavin Wood, Chief Architect at Parity Tech.

Manta Network 2022 In Review
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Thank you to everyone who has continued to support us through 2022, and we are excited to see so many new members join us on the journey to bring privacy to the entire web3 space. As we wrap up the year, we want to share our major achievements, and what we can look forward to in the new year.

Testnet Transition to v3: PLANNED MAINTENANCE
⚠️ Downtime Expected for Testnet
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Thank you to everyone who participated in our Testnet v2. We will be taking v2 offline shortly to transition into v3 of the MantaPay testnet, which offers additional features, bug fixes, and general UI/UX improvements. This will be the final version of our testnet prior to the initial launch of MantaPay on Calamari.

New Chain for v3
Once v3 is launched, the existing chain activity will be deprecated. V3 will begin with a new chain, which means that you will have to obtain new tokens from the faucet once v3 goes live.

You Don't Need to Reinstall Manta Signer
With the updates to Manta Signer, you no longer have to delete and reinstall it for upgrades. Your signer is automatically updated.

v2 Incentives
The activity and participation from v2 is already recorded in our feedback form. We will provide more details on this after the launch of MantaPay. Thank you to all of those who participated in the v2 testnet!

⚠️ Happening in less than 1 hour!

The OpenZL Conference

⏰ 10:50AM EST
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About the OpenZL Conference
We welcome you to join us for the first OpenZL Conference. OpenZL is an open-source library for more accessible ZKP. It is a collaborative effort push forward by the collective ZK community, led by Manta Network. We’re proud to bring this ZK community together for the first inaugural OpenZL Conference, which hosts discussions that push the envelope of ZK innovation.

Staking $KMA with Web3Go
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💰 $100 in $KMA Rewards!
🗓 Thursday, December 12
⏰ 9:30AM EST

Our frens at Web3Go have created an amazing staking dashboard for Calamari Network, which makes it easier for people to view the PoS analytics and delegate to collators. We are featuring them on our @CalamariNetwork Twitter this Thursday to talk about this dashboard and how you can get started with exploring the data and delegating!

Speakers:
- Kenny, Cofounder @ Manta
- Minqi, CTO @ Web3Go
- Jamie, Growth @ Web3Go

JOIN US: The First OpenZL Conference
Hosted by Manta Network
🗓 Dec 21
⏰ 11AM EST
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About the OpenZL Conference
We welcome you to join us for the first OpenZL Conference. OpenZL is an open-source library for more accessible ZKP. It is a collaborative effort push forward by the collective ZK community, led by Manta Network. We’re proud to bring this ZK community together for the first inaugural OpenZL Conference, which hosts discussions that push the envelope of ZK innovation.

Speakers Include
- Todd Norton, Applied Cryptographer at Manta Network
- Jeff Burdges, Applied cryptographer and mathematician at Web3 Foundation
- Eduardo Morais, Research Engineer at Protocol Lab
- Pratyush Mishra, Cryptographer at Aleo
- Brandon Gomes, CTO at Manta Network
- Brain Retford, CEO at RISC Zero
- Bowen Huang, Cryptography Researcher
- Wei Dai, Cryptography Researcher

About OpenZL
OpenZL is an initiative that we started at Manta Network to make it easier for devs who aren’t cryptography experts to build zero-knowledge proofs into their applications. The goal is to make ZKP accessible not just to cryptographers but to all developers.

🦑 Calamari Network DPoS Stats
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Since Calamari Network migrated to DPoS earlier last quarter, we've seen tremendous support and adoption from the Calamari community. We currently have over 800m $KMA staked across 45 community-operated collators around the world. We have almost 2,000 $KMA community members contributing to this staking, which leads to better uptime/availability of Calamari Network. Thank you so much for your support!

Manta Network Breaks Previous Trusted Setup Record
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We couldn't have done it without you! In just under 7 days, we broke the previous trusted setup record. Yesterday, December 5, 2022 marks a milestone for the entire world of ZKP! We've still got quite a long way to go in order to get all queue participants into contribution, so thank you for staying patient. Thank you so much to our strong, supportive, and privacy-conscious community. ❤️

🏆 Manta Network Wins ZPrize Award
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We are proud to announce that Manta Network has won an award in ZPrize for our contribution to ZKP innovation in WASM prover speed. We have been working alongside Jump Crypto's cryptography team to push this innovation. The results of our work will be open source and provide the foundation for further work and innovation in the ZKP space. We're excited to see how other researchers and projects leverage our development to push the ZKP space forward! 🚀

What is the impact of our work?
Improving WASM prover speed ultimately translates into a faster, better user experience when it comes to generating ZKPs. When using applications, this speed improvement is critical in providing you the fastest transaction processing when you interact with the blockchain.

Manta x Moonbeam: Privacy on Moonbeam with ZK Validator
🗓 November 30, 2022
⏰ 11:00AM EST
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We've been hard at work with the Moonbeam team to build deeper integrations using XCM for privacy use cases through Moonbeam smart contracts. Leveraging XCM Remote Transact, we're able to provide deeper integration between our ZKP-enabled privacy parachain with the dapps and wallets on Moonbeam. Learn more about what this means in tomorrow's Twitter Space, hosted by ZK Validator!

Trusted Setup Meme Contest
💰 50 $USDT to 3 winners
⏰ You have 24 hours (ends Nov 30 at 1PM EST)
🏆 Submit your meme as a reply to this Tweet

Waiting in queue for your turn to contribute? You're not alone! With the massive success of Manta Network's trusted setup, we've gotten 1,000+ people in queue, which means hours of waiting for many. Scary? Yes. Exciting? Yes. While we're all waiting in line, let's pass the time by designing and sharing some memes with each other! Create and submit your spiciest meme about waiting in the Trusted Setup queue to our Twitter post (see link below). You've got 24 hours -- the top 3 winners (decided by our regional ambassador leaders and the core team) will win 50 $USDT each!

The Manta Network Trusted Setup Contribution Is Live
On October 10, 2022, we launched the registration phase for our Trusted Setup. Today, we are excited to begin the contribution phase, which is the last part of the entire process. All registrants are able to contribute; don’t worry, if you haven’t registered yet, you can still register during the contribution phase.

😎 12,000+ registrants ready to contribute
🌎 177 countries represented

Rewards for Contributors
🖼 Manta Network Trusted Setup NFT
🏆 Special Discord Title
💰 Share to earn from $1000 worth of $KMA

Resources to Get Started
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✅ Text walkthrough on how to contribute
✅ Video guide on how to contribute:
✅ Documentation

Manta Network Discussing ZKPs on Binance Academy
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At 2pm EST, cofounder Kenny Li will be talking about ZKPs and the future of web3 applications that can be enabled by it. Join the talk in the live stream!

Becoming a Calamari Collator ($KMA Staking Node)
🗓 Friday, November 11
⏰ 11:00AM
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Interested in being a collator for Calamari but don't know how to get started? It's really easy and we'll show you how in our Crowdcast!

Manta Network Eyes Crypto’s Largest Trusted Setup Ever
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With 5,000+ keys generated for the trusted setup, we're on track to be the largest trusted setup in zero-knowledge proof history.

We're live! Join us now: https://twitter.com/MantaNetwork/status/1583502523297824778

HAPPENING TODAY: Global Encryption Day Twitter Space
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🗓 Friday, October 21 (Today)
⏰ 1:00PM EST

Join a group of privacy projects as we talk about encryption and privacy in web3 today. Speakers from:
✅ Manta Network
✅ Nym
✅ Secret Network
✅ Orchid
✅ Electric Coin Company (ZCash)

Got questions? Post them in response to this Twitter post or ask them live.

Learn about the Manta zkAddress
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Read about one of the core technologies behind Manta Network's private payments system, MantaPay, powered by zero-knowledge proofs.