The Mina Foundation has proudly announced the grand prize winners for the first season of its Navigators grant program. This initiative is designed to support and promote innovation within the Mina ecosystem, especially in the field of zero-knowledge (ZK) technology.

On June 4th, Mina Protocol will undergo the Berkeley upgrade, bringing significant improvements. This upgrade enhances transaction speed, reduces resource use, and bolsters security, making the network more robust.

The zkIgnite program, a key initiative for the Mina Protocol, has reached an impressive milestone in its third cohort. Out of the 25 funded projects, 22 have successfully passed their midpoint milestones, showcasing the innovation and dedication within the Mina community.

As we dive into another exciting week with Mina Protocol, there are several noteworthy updates and developments to share. From the much-anticipated Mainnet upgrade to vibrant community activities and insightful news from the ZKON Network, here’s a comprehensive overview of the latest happenings.

In an era where privacy concerns intersect with technological advances, the Mina Protocol emerges as a beacon of innovation.

ZkNoid is the cutting-edge blockchain gaming platform powered by zk-proofs and based on MINA protocol. The gaming platform is steadily grow. The developers have already released four games and plan to add poker to their lineup in the near future.

Blockchain technology continues to revolutionize data storage, security, and scalability, with Mina Protocol and Celestia now leading the charge in pioneering the first modular decentralized data availability (DA) solution for the Mina ecosystem.

“Blockchain” is a word you’ve probably heard and read many times if you’ve arrived at this post, and it’s also likely that you’ve heard little about “ZK proofs.”

The team behind zkok have been Mina Protocol Community members since the very early days. Our primary focus is always to promote and support all members of the Mina Protocol Ecosystem equally and we will continue to do this in the future.

Here we go! We now have a date for the Berkeley Mainnet Upgrade! Exciting news echoes through the Mina community as we gear up for the Berkeley Upgrade. The upgrade is scheduled for June 4, 2024 and the Mina Foundation, in collaboration with o1Labs, is thrilled to unveil this transformative update to the Mina Protocol.

By Naamah (naamah8064 on Discord) The reason I wrote this article is I wanted to test deploying a node on the Berkeley network to test ZkApps. So I went to the Berkeley RC1 release note here : https://github.com/MinaProtocol/mina/releases/tag/2.0.0berkeley_rc1 and start following installation guide. Things didn’t go as expected.

At the core of Mina’s design is the use of recursive zk-SNARKs (Zero-Knowledge Succinct Non-Interactive Arguments of Knowledge), which are a form of cryptographic proof that enables the protocol to maintain a constant-sized blockchain, regardless of the number of transactions processed.