StarkWare

Unlike Bitcoin, the Ethereum cryp­to­graphic protocol allows the storage of private, hashed data and trans­ac­tions — but it takes a lot of compu­ta­tional power to verify that a hashed dataset is what its own says it is. StarkWare’s founders developed zero-knowledge scalable transparent arguments of knowledge (ZK-STARK), a method for verifying the integrity of confi­den­tial data without revealing the data itself and without slowing movements within the crypto infra­struc­ture to a crawl. The company offers tools that make it easy for crypto developers to use ZK-STARK proofs on Ethereum.