Kadena Partners with Lurk Lab to Develop ZK Bridge
On June 14th, 2024, in New York City, Chainwire reported that Kadena, the world’s only scalable Proof of Work blockchain, has formed a partnership with Lurk Lab to develop a Zero-Knowledge technology stack on the Kadena blockchain. This collaboration aims to establish provably secure cross-chain messaging capabilities.
Kadena and Lurk Lab are working on a comprehensive ZK roadmap, which includes creating a ZK bridge connecting Ethereum and Kadena. The project is divided into two milestones slated for completion in the latter half of 2024, with a third milestone expected to follow.
John Wiegley, Kadena’s Chief Technology Officer, expressed excitement about the advanced capabilities being developed for ZKs on Kadena by Lurk Lab. He emphasized the potential impact of integrating zero-knowledge technology into Kadena, especially in enabling zero-knowledge cross-chain messaging.
John Burnham, Co-Founder and CEO of Lurk Lab, also shared his enthusiasm for the partnership and bringing ZK technology to Kadena. He highlighted the importance of zero-knowledge cryptography in building a Web3 ecosystem and emphasized the performance and security advantages of utilizing functional programming techniques in defining zero-knowledge proofs and blockchain infrastructure.
Kadena is known for providing the industry’s only Proof of Work Layer 1 blockchain that is infinitely scalable, secure, and decentralized. Founded in 2017 by Stuart Popejoy and Will Martino, Kadena aims to drive widespread blockchain adoption by offering a Web3 platform for solving real-world business challenges. To learn more about Kadena, visit their website at https://www.kadena.io.
Lurk Lab specializes in developing tools that make provable computing fast, safe, and user-friendly. By combining zero-knowledge cryptography, formal verification, and distributed consensus technologies, Lurk Lab enables software to achieve the reliability and power of mathematics without compromising performance.
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