🎉 Celebrations are in order for the authors of the decade-old "Zerocash: Decentralized Anonymous Payments from Bitcoin" paper, which has just bagged the "Test of Time" award from the IEEE. This paper, with a whopping 2,400 academic citations, was the first to introduce the practical use of zero-knowledge proofs (ZK-proofs) in crypto, enhancing privacy. ZK-proofs are now a hot trend in Ethereum layer-2 solutions, proving the validity of on-chain data without spilling the beans on what that data is. So, next time you're enjoying a private transaction, remember to raise a glass to these pioneers! 🍾