Summary
StarkWare announced the development of Stwo, a zero-knowledge prover to reduce latency and transaction costs in blockchain technology. Stwo will be open-sourced under the Apache 2.0 license, allowing forking, modification, and distribution. It is an evolution of the Stone prover and utilizes the Circle Stark protocol to increase efficiency.
Key Points
1. StarkWare is developing Stwo, a zero-knowledge prover that aims to reduce latency and transaction costs in blockchain technology.
2. Stwo will be open-sourced under the Apache 2.0 license, allowing forking, modification, and distribution of the software by anyone.
3. The Circle Stark protocol developed by StarkWare in partnership with Polygon will enhance the efficiency of STARKs and enable Stwo to overcome constraints of the classic STARK protocol.