@jilt.near [Posted on DevHub](https://near.social/#/devgovgigs.near/widget/Post?id=979) ## Idea: Small ZK nodes consensus research I have been requested to post this research here by another member of the @akaia.sputnik-dao.near council, to study details for our whitepaper(under construction). I have basically collected the open source part of each ZKrollup node setup I could reach (i actually skipped mina and other minor protocols). What we wanted is a basic scenario for consensus method on the ZKrollups and to verify the state of the art of cryptographic proofing. I want you guys to be aware that despite having written RUST, PYTHON and HTML/CSS/JS for almost 3 years on the near community I don't consider myself a dev, so I ask you guys to improve this research whenever you feel it is flawed. Honestly my idea was to keep these under the wraps of a private github to avoid the unnecessary poisoning comments that can come from "big ego devs" who surely know better than me what quantum-cryptography is, but I repeat I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO PUBLISH. Thanks again. The fastest ZK proofing method, Plonky2: https://github.com/mir-protocol/plonky2 Find a brief introduction here: https://polygon.technology/blog/introducing-plonky2 Hermez node (ethically my favourite, when they implement the STARK primitive it will work better for EVM compatibility): https://github.com/hermeznetwork/hermez-node Node architecture: https://docs.hermez.io/zkEVM/Overview/Overview/#zknode-architecture Proofer architecture: https://docs.hermez.io/zkEVM/Overview/Overview/#zkprover-architecture Proof of Efficiancy and decentralization model: https://docs.hermez.io/zkEVM/Overview/Overview/#why-is-poe-a-better-model The Miden virtual machine: https://wiki.polygon.technology/docs/miden/intro/main/ Proofing private smart contracts (MAST): https://www.mit.edu/~jlrubin/public/pdfs/858report.pdf The only thing i know about mina is that running a non archival node on google cloud is fast, so if anyone here would like to add details about the consensus model they are welcome.