Ethereum has cast call: dry-run a contract call without sending a tx.
@0xMiden now has miden call from @walnut_dev.
Same job — run a procedure, see what it returns — plus the Miden-shaped extras: notes, storage maps, vault diffs. Runs on your laptop. Nothing hits the network.
Very cool! We are doing something similar in Miden. The VM is already migrated to BLAKE3, and we'll have this released in the next few weeks.
Interestingly enough, the performance degradation when moving off of Poseidon2 wasn't as dramatic as I thought. Overall, the impact was
ZisK v1.3.0-alpha release 🚀
ZisK is moving beyond arithmetic hashes with BLAKE3 strengthening security while outperforming our prior Poseidon1 version:
⚡ 7.43s p999 on 4×5090
⚡ 5.14s p999 on 8×5090
🛡️ 128-bit provable security
🔐 Post-quantum secure
This is a major step
Have been waiting for a while to talk about this! Great UX and advanced tech in single wallet:
- Private by default.
- Post-quantum ready.
- Safe (via Guardians).
- Feature-packed and easy to use.
- Fast ZK proofs under the hood (under 3 seconds on mobile).
- And many many more.
Exciting! v0.17 will be the mainnet release :)
As usual, there are tons of things in this release, but I'll highlight just two:
- Miden's fee model is really unique and lays the groundwork for very exciting functionality (fee sponsorships, built-in multi-token fees).
- The
