According to ChainCatcher, the Ethereum Foundation, Aztec, Polygon, Scroll, Taiko, and zkSync jointly announced 25 winners of the ZK funding round. These projects aim to advance the development of zero-knowledge proof technology. Each sponsor contributed $150,000, with a total prize pool of $900,000.

Among the 10 winners:

  1. Amit Kumar - New York University

  2. Pratyush Mishra - University of Pennsylvania and Stanford University

  3. Julian Sutherland - Nethermind

  4. Jordan Coppard - Independent

  5. Stanislav Marycevzk - FoldZK

  6. Sergey Kaunov - Independent

  7. Lako Nema - Independent

  8. Albert Garret - Nethermind

  9. Stefanos Chaliasos - Independent

  10. Patrick Stiles - Independent