Dear Zypher players, 2024 is a milestone year for the Zypher Network, marking our remarkable achievements in ecosystem building, product delivery, and developer community expansion. Most importantly, we have established a clear path for the launch of this new verifiable game paradigm.
Here is a brief review of our 2024 and a look ahead to 2025.
2024 Review: From Zero to One, Towards Further
Zytron Pioneer (Linea L3) Released
Our Rollup framework Zytron has officially deployed for the first time as a gas-free Layer 3 chain, optimizing our ZK game engine on Linea for an efficient and scalable gaming experience. We have established partnerships with over 50 technology providers and 30 games, positioning Zytron as the core platform for Web3 ZK games. https://x.com/Zypher_Network/status/1857310909795824124
{gZKm} Hackathon in partnership with DoraHack
This is the first hackathon co-hosted by us, DoraHack, B² Network, and OKX Wallet, with a prize pool of $200,000, attracting 300 developers to participate, receiving 100 project submissions, and hosting over 20 workshops and live game tests.
Power of Gaming
Over 3 million users have experienced our games, making Zypher the most widely used ZK infrastructure in the industry. Off-chain execution and on-chain methods of ZK enable games to have high interoperability and virtual machine independence. We are one of the first middleware providers to offer ZK support for SVM, TON virtual machine (Cocos Creator), and other virtual machines.
Flagship Game (Crypto Rumble)
(Crypto Rumble) is the winner of the BNB Chain hackathon, which has now entered production after a year of collaboration with us. (Crypto Rumble) has completed a series of successful game tests, attracting 500,000 players and over 5 million transactions. This puzzle pairing and role-playing AI game is the first practical ZK game with verifiable game assets and AI agent-driven game operations.
Zypher 2025: The Year of Breakthrough Speed
2025 marks a singularity towards the era of AI agent-driven experiences. At Zypher, we are committed to laying the groundwork for on-chain infrastructure for this future and have mapped out a clear roadmap:
Distributed proof network for efficient proof generation to achieve verifiable in-game assets and data, serving as a key component of our ZK collaborative processing solution, supporting high-performance on-chain applications for both humans and AI agents;
Open framework for verifiable AI agent deployment to achieve autonomous in-game operations, aimed at redefining the on-chain gaming economy.
Unlike most on-chain AI frameworks that focus on tokenizing agent ownership, the AI agents envisioned by Zypher will be able to radically transform gaming and high-performance applications. Here are the key plans shaping our journey—stay tuned for our progress on GitHub.
New Proof System Support for Big Data Games
Traditional proof systems often face inefficiencies when handling modern games, especially when dealing with large datasets, frequently resulting in significant computational overhead and extended proof generation times. However, despite the vast amounts of data, game data still exhibits structured patterns due to the deterministic and periodic characteristics of game logic loops. By leveraging new zk proof frameworks such as Nova and Expander, we can optimize the proof generation process for big data games.
Multi-peer Distributed System of the Z4 Framework
The z4 engine is a low-latency, high-performance development framework that provides instant finality through custom nodes. Currently, it relies on a single-node architecture but will be upgraded to a multi-peer distributed system in the future, supporting multiple nodes to ensure greater robustness and vitality. Furthermore, the distributed architecture will incorporate a supervision mechanism to monitor the health and performance of nodes, thereby enhancing the system's robustness and operational reliability.
Subscription-based Proof Network Payment Model
We will launch a subscription model for efficient proof generation using a distributed proof network. This subscription model will offer prepayment or staking options, particularly suitable for scenarios that require continuous proof generation, ensuring uninterrupted operations and scalability.
Open Development Framework for AI Agents
This open framework for AI-driven capabilities is revolutionizing the on-chain game development process. By combining standard game development methods with AI agent interfaces, this framework enables developers to seamlessly connect their games with AI systems through standardized protocols. Example features in development include: dynamic game content (such as scenes, NPCs, and storylines); realistic game testing by simulating player behavior to ensure balance and performance; analyzing in-game data and providing actionable insights; and optimizing zk proof resource allocation to improve computational efficiency, simplifying and innovating game development.
Verifiable Agent Games
We are developing an open framework for verifiable agent-driven games that uses cryptography to ensure AI agents strictly adhere to predefined algorithms and rules within the game. This prevents collusion or malicious behavior among registered agents, providing a truly decentralized and fair gaming experience. The first game under this framework is an on-chain Ludo game (usually involving four players). The framework supports configurations such as one human player and three AI agents, ensuring that the operations of these AI agents are transparent and do not deviate from their programmed behavior.
Additionally, the framework introduces an agent leasing market supported by the proof network, allowing players to rent AI agents to participate in games. This provides players who wish to delegate game tasks to reliable and verifiable AI agents with more flexibility while creating more opportunities for player engagement and enhancing the overall gaming ecosystem.
Say hello to [redacted], your game assistant powered by Zypher Network. [Redacted] is your automated game assistant that redefines the possibilities of on-chain gaming. Stay tuned for updates and exciting releases as we step into this agent-driven future together!