University of Sao Paulo invests R$1M in zero-knowledge proof research for blockchains
- —Project budget is R$1.008 million, with R$638,000 allocated to academic scholarships
- —Work will run for 24 months under professor Marcos Antonio Simplicio Junior
- —Intellectual property is split 50/50 between USP and CPQD
- —An SDK is planned for integrating ZK privacy protocols into commercial systems
Why it matters: Cheaper ZK verification could accelerate privacy adoption in Drex and enterprise blockchains.
Source: Livecoins