The mountain man's cabin shouldn't require a data center.
Mina's constant ~22KB chain means anyone can verify the entire chain with a single proof, from any deviceâexactly the ZK-SNARK future that Vitalik describes.
During India Blockchain Week, co-CEO of o1Labs, Deepthi Kumar, made the case for a future where verification doesnât require surrendering your data â and how Mina makes that possible.
Some key takeaways from her talk:
đš Every verification today creates a data copy â and every copy becomes a liability. đš ZK proofs flip the script: prove facts without exposing personal data. đš Client-side proving is the future, where data never leaves your device and no honeypots are created. đš Permissionless verification matters: anyone should be able to check a proof â on a phone, in a browser, without trusted intermediaries. đš With Aadhaar and DigiLocker, India is uniquely positioned to leapfrog toward privacy-preserving digital infrastructure. đš Mina enables public verification with private execution.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the recent on-chain vote!
Weâre happy to share that all 4 Mesa MIPs have passed đĽł
â MIP6 - Reduce slot time â MIP7 - Increase on-chain state limits â MIP8 - Increase Event and Action Limits â MIP9 - Increase Account Update Limits
These MIPs will require a hard fork of the Mina Protocol for implementation, and as such, will be incorporated into the Mesa Upgrade, scheduled for next year!
Mina stays a 22KB, verifiable L1 for ZK settlement. Zeko adds an isomorphic ZK rollup for instant UX + high throughputâso zkApps can scale without sacrificing security.
Why it matters & how to build âŹď¸ https://minaprotocol.com/blog/bringing-the-mina-stack-to-life-with-zeko
Itâs getting impossible to tell whatâs real online â and thatâs a massive problem.
Proof-attached media is the only path forward.
TouchGrass is a proof-of-concept from O1Labs showing what verified media could look like.
If youâre working on authenticity, sensor data, or proof-attached content, Mina is the perfect lightweight, neutral settlement layer for these proofs to anchor on.
@zksecurityXYZ recently completed Mina Attestations, a standard and library to create proofs of personal credentials in a secure and private manner. Currently supporting native and imported credentials, Mina Attestations has been audited by @hackenclub.