Building AETHERIS in Public — Day 8
Phase 4: The ZK Privacy Layer
Hiding strategy from MEV bots while proving validity to the chain. The Ghost Layer.
Component: Groth16 On-Chain Verifier
The Groth16 On-Chain Verifier achieves a significant reduction in gas costs, decreasing from 500k to 200k gas by leveraging optimized BN254 assembly for Groth16 ZK-proof verification. This optimization of BN254 pairing checks results in a 300k gas savings, making zero-knowledge verification more viable for users by reducing costs from prohibitively expensive to manageable.
Why This is Production-Grade
ZK verification costs 500k gas naively. Optimized BN254 pairing checks bring this to 200k — the difference between viable and too expensive for users.
Assembly Optimization
BN254 elliptic curve pairing operations in raw assembly — the most complex Yul possible
Get the Code
git clone https://github.com/yaseen98bit/crypto-opensource.git
The AETHERIS Vision
I am building a sovereign cross-chain protocol in public — 730 components, 365 days.
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Day 8/365 | Component 16/730 | Architected by Yaseen
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