StarkWare’s zero-knowledge prover Stwo comes out of stealth
Stwo, StarkWare’s latest prover, is designed to significantly reduce latency and transaction costs
StarkWare, the company behind scaling solution Starknet, announced at Eth Denver today that it is building Stwo, a zero-knowledge prover designed to reduce latency and transaction costs.
This new prover will be built open-sourced under the Apache 2.0 license, Oren Katz, the chief operating officer at StarkWare, noted in a press release reviewed by Blockworks. This means that anyone will be able to fork the code, modify and distribute modified versions of the software.
“Stwo will bring new possibilities for scaling . And they’ll be available for everyone, given that it will be open source from day one,” Katz said.
In the context of blockchain technology, zero-knowledge provers refer to a computation entity responsible for determining whether or not given information is accurate without revealing its underlying data. These provers must create “proofs” that can then be verified by verifiers.
Read More: How to decentralize a prover, according to an engineer who did it for fun
Stwo will not be the first open-sourced prover that StarkWare has developed . Currently, the public Starknet blockchain and Starknet app chains use its first-generation prover called Stone.
Katz notes that Stwo will be an evolution to the Stone prover thanks to the Circle Stark protocol that Starkware developed in partnership with Polygon.
According to StarkWare, Circle Stark protocol’s Circle STARK proofs increase the efficiency of existing STARKs. STARKS on Starknet are considered under the same classification as validity proofs on other zero-knowledge blockchains, which are used to attest to the validity of a specific state.
“Stwo is an evolution of the Stone prover because the Circle Stark protocol circumvents the constraints imposed by the classic STARK protocol. These constraints previously prevented STARK from being used efficiently for smaller fields,” Katz said.
Don’t miss the next big story – join our free daily newsletter .
- scaling
- StarkWare
- zero-knowledge proof
Disclaimer: The content of this article solely reflects the author's opinion and does not represent the platform in any capacity. This article is not intended to serve as a reference for making investment decisions.
You may also like
New spot margin trading pair — HOLO/USDT!
FUN drops by 32.34% within 24 hours as it faces a steep short-term downturn
- FUN plunged 32.34% in 24 hours to $0.008938, marking a 541.8% monthly loss amid prolonged bearish trends. - Technical breakdowns, elevated selling pressure, and forced liquidations highlight deteriorating market sentiment and risk-off behavior. - Analysts identify key support below $0.0080 as critical, with bearish momentum confirmed by RSI (<30) and MACD indicators. - A trend-following backtest strategy proposes short positions based on technical signals to capitalize on extended downward trajectories.

OPEN has dropped by 189.51% within 24 hours during a significant market pullback
- OPEN's price plummeted 189.51% in 24 hours to $0.8907, marking its largest intraday decline in history. - The token fell 3793.63% over 7 days, matching identical monthly and yearly declines, signaling severe bearish momentum. - Technical analysts cite broken support levels and lack of bullish catalysts as key drivers of the sustained sell-off. - Absence of stabilizing volume or reversal patterns leaves the market vulnerable to further downward pressure.

New spot margin trading pair — LINEA/USDT!
Trending news
MoreCrypto prices
More








