According to Odaily Planet Daily, Aleph Zero, a privacy-enhanced public blockchain running on the Substrate stack, announced the launch of zkOS. This is an EVM-compatible privacy layer that can generate zero-knowledge proofs on consumer devices in less than a second. ZkOS is now live on the testnet. Aleph Zero was developed by Polkadot developer Parity Technologies.

The team said zkOS allows private transactions and dApp interactions without revealing underlying data. ZkOS uses Halo2 with KZG commitments to generate proofs faster and provides zkToolkit to simplify developer integration. According to benchmarks, zkOS can execute proofs in 600-800 milliseconds on a MacBook. ZkOS is designed to be faster, more user-friendly, and easier for developers to integrate into Ethereum applications.